CPS Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Just got around to playing a few friendlies tonight, game is looking very good. Been mostly messing around with a few different formations so far. Only transfers have been Valencia out for £14m and Junior Hoilet, whose a player I really like IRL, in for £10m. He's very versatile in that he can play AMR, AML, AMC and even up front so a good young back-up for Young and Nani. He just scored a cracker against Internacional. The amount of goals from corners looks to be a bit of a worry as others have said, but definitely looking forward to the full game now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILuvManUforeva Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Only player I bought is Fellaini, for basically the same reason as CPS bought Hoilet, but he could strike up a great partnership with either Ando or Cleverley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 think your mad for dropping chicarito after that match.... he destroyed that defence time and time again.. the only thing that was missing was a finish... and frankly, that happens sometimes and everyone should know that its more important to be getting the chances than scoring them.. the goals will come eventually... and id rather not risk upsetting the most prolific scorer in the team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx11 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Anyone managed to get Ravel to accept tutoring? moody bugger doesnt seem to want to work with anyone. Trying various players with approach type differing but none of them worked so far. Still, all good data collection. Not even played a match, hell im still on day 1 playing with things Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryna robson Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 FWIW those comparisons are only based on position, nationality, height and weight. Nothing to do withe CA and/or PA. Yep, you are correct. Would be nice if the player descriptions were amended so they actually went by CA/PA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryna robson Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Any Suggestion for Park Replacement. A Player who can play all around the midfield and have a big match surge.Looking for a younger understudy. If you got enough loot try to buy Mario Gotze, he's a wonderkind winger and has green for midfield positions, yellow for DM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hufton Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Started with United and signed Carlos Tevez (just to see if he'd come), Andre Ayew and Marek Hamsik. Spent too much on Tevez because I wasn't planning on actually letting the transfer go through, but I did and that's a £25m mistake I won't be making in the full game, even if he has given me a selection headache with his form in pre-season. I don't know what I could have got Ayew for, I just paid his £11.25m release fee to make it easy, and at the same time I was trying to see if I could afford Hamsik. Napoli negotiated up to £37m, so I was going to withdraw, but then it let me ask the board to sign him, so I did and I'm not sure what they actually spent. Sold Michael Carrick to Sunderland for £8m and Anderson to Malaga for £9m. So far the friendlies have been walkovers. Trouble is I've got 4 strikers but I play a 4-1-2-2-1, and with Rooney, Hernandez and Tevez all scoring goals I don't know how I'm going to keep them all happy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryna robson Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 When you signed Tevez, did it not vex the fans? Must of got that 'Fans fear player will bring disharmony to club' news item. Plus Tevez hates United now, he should not even be interested signing for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hufton Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I was asked that question three times in the press conference after he signed. Nothing in the news about him, though. Like I said, I'll probably start a new save when I get the full game, and I won't sign him on that, just amused me to do it on the demo. Besides, Tevez hates Manchester, so really he should be determined to move out of the area and probably the country. Can they make it so a player will only sign for teams in a warm country? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx11 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Well finally started playing matches. Good start to pre-season with my tactic. Playing a 4-4-2 using CMs and AML/R and been effective so far. Ok, it only been the reserves and Antwerp but I won 6-0 and 7-0 respectively. Be interesting to see how it holds up. Rio out for 2 weeks so got to decide on which youth to take that position in upcoming friendlies. Though next match will be played by the "backups" anyways. Will update when I managed to get into teh actual season though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
damo666 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I prefer to play with a lone striker and 2 inside forwards. Given the reaches I have at the club, I have a very good options at the ST and AMR. Retraining few to be AMC. Any suggestion for the AML inside forward, other than having Munian or Neymar. Morrison is good there, but young. Young remains the solitary option. i brought in Kranjcar on loan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnlikelyStory Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Has anyone noticed that Mike Phelan's opinion seems to go way down on Ashley Young through pre-season? He goes from CA and PA of 3 1/2 stars to 2 1/2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mufcchampmanfan Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Anyone else notice now when you have a Backroom Meeting, your Coaches make suggestions regarding training players, getting them to learn moves etc but nowhere now does it tell you if this is a good or bad idea. I was sure in FM11 you got feedback along the lines of Strongly Agrees, Agrees, Disagrees or Strongly Disagrees for such events. Now I have no clue whether to put Jones on a program to improve his passing or have Rafael knock balls past his opponent or have Rooney work on his Composure. Any suggestions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Well my decision to dump Chicharito paid off in the Game against Liverpool. Take a Bow Danny Welbeck:[video=youtube_share;3w0k_d3VvV4] That'll earn him instant Legend Status at the Club I reckon. Always lovely to score at the Kop End as well. I simply refuse to lose at Anfield in Football Manager games. I hate the Scouse. That is awesome. think your mad for dropping chicarito after that match.... he destroyed that defence time and time again.. the only thing that was missing was a finish... and frankly, that happens sometimes and everyone should know that its more important to be getting the chances than scoring them.. the goals will come eventually...and id rather not risk upsetting the most prolific scorer in the team I fully agree with welshace though. Yep, you are correct. Would be nice if the player descriptions were amended so they actually went by CA/PA. I' love for it to function that way as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnlikelyStory Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Has anyone tried signing Gotze? Just wondering how much you can get him for. If I can get him at a decent price (may pay over 48 months), I might sign him up and Srna, making my final team as the following... GK (Goalkeeper, Defence) - De Gea, Lindegaard DR (Full Back, Automatic) - Rafael, Srna DC (Central Defender, Stopper) - Vidic, Smalling DC (Ball Playing Defender, Cover) - Ferdinand, Jones, Evans DL (Full Back, Automatic) - Evra, Fabio MC (Ball Winning Midfielder, Defence) - Fletcher, Carrick MC (Central Midfielder, Support) - Anderson, Giggs, Cleverley AMR (Winger, Attack) - Nani, Valencia, Park AML (Winger, Attack) - Gotze, Young ST (Deep Lying Forward, Support) - Rooney, Berbatov ST (Advanced Forward, Attack) - Hernandez, Welbeck, Owen Thoughts and opinions? Didn't want to sell anyone and will probably buy Ganso at the end of the season in the full game to replace Giggs. Also, Jones will be in the starting lineup more often as the season progresses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Has anyone tried signing Gotze? Just wondering how much you can get him for. If I can get him at a decent price (may pay over 48 months), I might sign him up and Srna, making my final team as the following...GK (Goalkeeper, Defence) - De Gea, Lindegaard DR (Full Back, Automatic) - Rafael, Srna DC (Central Defender, Stopper) - Vidic, Smalling DC (Ball Playing Defender, Cover) - Ferdinand, Jones, Evans DL (Full Back, Automatic) - Evra, Fabio MC (Ball Winning Midfielder, Defence) - Fletcher, Carrick MC (Central Midfielder, Support) - Anderson, Giggs, Cleverley AMR (Winger, Attack) - Nani, Valencia, Park AML (Winger, Attack) - Gotze, Young ST (Deep Lying Forward, Support) - Rooney, Berbatov ST (Advanced Forward, Attack) - Hernandez, Welbeck, Owen Thoughts and opinions? Didn't want to sell anyone and will probably buy Ganso at the end of the season in the full game to replace Giggs. Also, Jones will be in the starting lineup more often as the season progresses. The same roles and duties I use except that I use Limited Defender (Stopper) instead of yours Central Defender (Stopper). I would only swap Smalling and Jones as IMO Jones is more like Vidić (good in the air and aggressive on the ball) while Smalling is similar to Rio (not as good in the air as the former two, but more composed and better with the ball at their feet) mind you that's just how I see it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnlikelyStory Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 The same roles and duties I use except that I use Limited Defender (Stopper) instead of yours Central Defender (Stopper). I would only swap Smalling and Jones as IMO Jones is more like Vidić (good in the air and aggressive on the ball) while Smalling is similar to Rio (not as good in the air as the former two, but more composed and better with the ball at their feet) mind you that's just how I see it. I was considering that too, however I would like Jones to replace Rio long term, as he does seem to have better potential than Smalling. I shall experiment and see what works. Just seen in other posts that people can't seem to get a bid for Gotze accepted lower than £50m. I might leave that option as I never pay over the odds like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mufcchampmanfan Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 think your mad for dropping chicarito after that match.... he destroyed that defence time and time again.. the only thing that was missing was a finish... and frankly, that happens sometimes and everyone should know that its more important to be getting the chances than scoring them.. the goals will come eventually...and id rather not risk upsetting the most prolific scorer in the team Chicharito can have his place back when he proves to me his finishing has improved and he won't squander so many clear chances. I blame him for dismal performances against teams we should beat easily. We ended up with draws where we should have won and could have done so easily if he found the target with the chances laid on a plate for him. At the end of the day he's only viewed by the coaching staff as 3rd best striker in the squad behind Rooney and Rossi, so perhaps I should give them a chance. Also you can't fault Welbeck's performance. Threw him in at the deepend against Liverpool and he run them ragged, nearly getting a hattrick. I think it pays to give players chances, if it doesn't work, might convince the dropped player to pull his finger out and try and prove a point to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.B Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Started with United and signed Carlos Tevez (just to see if he'd come), Andre Ayew and Marek Hamsik. Spent too much on Tevez because I wasn't planning on actually letting the transfer go through, but I did and that's a £25m mistake I won't be making in the full game, even if he has given me a selection headache with his form in pre-season. I don't know what I could have got Ayew for, I just paid his £11.25m release fee to make it easy, and at the same time I was trying to see if I could afford Hamsik. Napoli negotiated up to £37m, so I was going to withdraw, but then it let me ask the board to sign him, so I did and I'm not sure what they actually spent.Sold Michael Carrick to Sunderland for £8m and Anderson to Malaga for £9m. So far the friendlies have been walkovers. Trouble is I've got 4 strikers but I play a 4-1-2-2-1, and with Rooney, Hernandez and Tevez all scoring goals I don't know how I'm going to keep them all happy. You sold Anderson? For £9m? He's been my best player in the opening eight games. Scored 3 and assisted 5 to get an average rating of 7.64. I've won all eight so far this season, squad looks really strong from the start and doubt I'll even buy anyone on the full game really, doesn't seem to be any reason too. GK: De Gea, Lindegaard, Amos WB: Rafael, Evra, Fabio, Smalling, Evans CB: Vidic, Ferdinand, Jones, Smalling, Evans CM: Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Carrick, Cleverley, Pogba, Gibson WF: Young, Nani, Valencia, Park, Morrison, Cleverley, Giggs ST: Rooney, Hernandez, Berbatov, Welbeck, Macheda, Owen, Diouf The only other player I'm looking to get back is (I'm sure) a big surprise. And it's Ritchie De Laet from Norwich. Has good important stats and can play all along the back four in an injury crisis. I think of him as a young O'Shea. Overall, we have a great squad even if some players are slightly underrated (for various reasons) like Welbeck, Cleverley and Young. If you don't make it No20 in your first full season, I'll be amazed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth250480 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I have to agree with MJB on this. Anderson has been very consistent for me also. not quite as good as MJB but ratings are good and is a consistent performer. Would definitely not sell him for anywhere near £9m. I am also having some good success on the demo playing a fluid control strategy and have only drawn 1 game in 13 with 12 wins (the draw was away to the scousers unfortunately). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Any other records suggestions perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx11 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Ah feck, laptop crashed whilst playing last night. Just loaded up the game and noticed I have not saved the game at all. Lost the first 5 friendlies, all my staff hires, training setup, coach setup, tutoring, individual training etc... only thing I still got is the tactics I set up Grrrr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Ah feck, laptop crashed whilst playing last night. Just loaded up the game and noticed I have not saved the game at all. Lost the first 5 friendlies, all my staff hires, training setup, coach setup, tutoring, individual training etc... only thing I still got is the tactics I set up Grrrr 10 files Rolling Auto-Save Every Day is the way to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx11 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Daily save is so annoying, but I probably should switch to it. Serves me right. Cant be bothered to play at the moment as got to do all the fiddly bits again. Lost lots of great friendly results which I doubt I be able to get again. But nevermind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Daily save is so annoying, but I probably should switch to it. Serves me right. Cant be bothered to play at the moment as got to do all the fiddly bits again. Lost lots of great friendly results which I doubt I be able to get again. But nevermind Hey mate it's just a Demo. OYu'll be fine on full game. As for saving, it's okay for me to save every day because you don't see the saving progress. It's in the background, so you don't even see it nor you have to wait for game to be saved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx11 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Decided to have a quick run out again, before getting sorted to go buy a new fridge and freezer.... got most fiddly bits done and played inter-club friendly. 7-2 victory. Would have liked the clean sheet again but nevermind, least the players linked up well. Hernandez, 2*Rooney, Evans, Valencia, Berbatov, Welbeck were the scorers. Nice spread of goals there and all got 45minutes each So next up is Antwerp, lets see if I get through that without injuries again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Here is the thread I created concerning Auto Save Interval and Auto Save Mode. FrazT explained it me, so you all also might find it useful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hood Legend Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Arghhh the scousers have overtaken us already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hufton Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I have to agree with MJB on this. Anderson has been very consistent for me also. not quite as good as MJB but ratings are good and is a consistent performer. Would definitely not sell him for anywhere near £9m.I am also having some good success on the demo playing a fluid control strategy and have only drawn 1 game in 13 with 12 wins (the draw was away to the scousers unfortunately). But I hate Anderson, irl, so I got rid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo-naldo Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 How can you hate that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chriisy Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 How can you hate that? Amazing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris21 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Reading this thread everytime I come online makes me wanna start playing the demo but I'm gonna try my best to resist and wait for the full game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batty1 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Has anyone got a good set up for defending corners? Most if not all the goals I have conceded have come from corners (the latest being both goals in a 2-1 loss against Liverpool despite me taking the lead) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx11 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 How can anyone hate Anderson. He been one of my fave players at the club ever since his arrival. Anyone that hates him needs a beating Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx11 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Arghhh the scousers have overtaken us already. And who cares that they overtaken us... we post quality. They post pointless crap no one cares about Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 I intend to keep Anderson at least in the first season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hood Legend Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 And who cares that they overtaken us... we post quality. They post pointless crap no one cares about I've never been in there to have a look but that sounds about right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtdFan Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Comeback kings ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grozny Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Anyone managed to get Ravel to accept tutoring? moody bugger doesnt seem to want to work with anyone. Trying various players with approach type differing but none of them worked so far. Still, all good data collection. Not even played a match, hell im still on day 1 playing with things No, he wouldn't accept any tutoring on mine either. It's not affected his performances though, I threw him straight into the starting XI and after 16 games he's got 8 goals & 7 assists with an average rating of 7.82 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batty1 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Comeback kings ! Fantastic come back and win there mate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mufcchampmanfan Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Berbatov hatrick? Blooming hell thats a rare site. Was he feeling alright? Not like him to put that much effort in is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mufcchampmanfan Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Might be going a bit overboard for FM2012 this year, but have decided to upgrade my laptop ready for the full game. Just ordered myself an extra 8GB of RAM and a 500GB SSD. Hopefully should run quite quickly. Even when I clog it up with 100s of United saves and all the Tactics, Schedules and Graphic Files needed to really polish the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batty1 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Cleverley and Ando are both in cracking form at the minute but unfortunately I only have one AMC slot. Nice headache to have I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Comeback kings ! Brilliant mate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtdFan Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Cleverley and Ando are both in cracking form at the minute but unfortunately I only have one AMC slot. Nice headache to have I guess. Cleverley to AMC and move Ando down to MC ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batty1 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Cleverley to AMC and move Ando down to MC ? Yeah I think I might give that a go against Marseille as Carrick has not played well at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Yeah I think I might give that a go against Marseille as Carrick has not played well at all. How strange. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batty1 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 How strange. I know, I think Fletch may do well in the role I had Carrick in and Ando in Fletch's old role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 I know, I think Fletch may do well in the role I had Carrick in and Ando in Fletch's old role. Fletch is a must first choice IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batty1 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Fletch is a must first choice IMO. Same here 3rd name on my teamsheet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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