Nottingham Forest Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Hmm, so maybe it was the fact that Findley and him can't settle. I have Dex back soon and Hull are next. I'll go with Ish and Matt again as that worked. Radi did well against Derby so he may get another game. Also, just a little tip, don't loan out Darlow or Emitov if you've got rid of Smith because Camp and Emitov go on international duty a few times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger_mouse Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Thats good to know cheers NF, i think Smith's on his way out along with afew others and some staff, Tony Coton is a BIG shout tho nice one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, We're winning 2-1 against Hull with 5 minutes to go. We've absolutely battered them in the second half and Hull go and score late on. So instead of being 4th, I'm about 8th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger_mouse Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Released Barritt and Shaw as scouts, Hired Ian Storey-Moore and Ian Bowyer so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I have 10 scouts as I requested some more got them. I released all but Wilkinson and the other old scout and I've signed 8 other scouts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger_mouse Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Good idea, I see you like to reshape the whole club? And was it Alan Hill? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I don't usually danger. When Billy's staff were there, they were great. It was Alan Hill and my reserves are being hammered each game. They've just lost 10 to Wigan reserves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger_mouse Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Thats very true, im finding it hard to get good staff with the wage budget, and WOW 10-0? Although the reserves and youth team hasn't really got any depth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger_mouse Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 What do you think to £1.9m up front for Chambers?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 What do you think to £1.9m up front for Chambers?? No deal danger. You probably won't be able to find someone as good imo. He's also akey player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger_mouse Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Thats true, Plus its a position thats already thin, on a plus i have just signed Marco Materazzi, as Sol Campbell rejected the contract then demanded alot more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 August 2011 August has been a very good month. We sit happily in fifth and into the third round League Cup where we shall face Burnley at home. The month didn't get off to the best of starts. We were away at Reading and whilst it was a very even game, we missed too many chances which cost us the game. The next game was against Rotherham. Again we played rubbish and were lucky to win the game in extra time. The Barnsley game was the turning point of the month. I made the brave decision to drop Ish in place of Marcus who didn't disappoint. Two goals from him and we were on our way. Unfortunately for us though we picked up three injuries, two long term and one short-term. Next up was Derby. With Marcus injured I chucked Ish back in whilst dropping Findley. Robbie didn't deserve to be dropped but Ish and him are struggling to play together. Matt played and Ish was a beast. He had a hat-trick and should have had 7. We won 3-1, away. With Hull the next visitors to the City Ground, I was hoping for another good win. The first half was tough, but a kick up the backside at half-time saw us hammer them. Unfortunately for us we couldn't make our chances count and as happens quite often in football, it comes back to haunt you. Hull equalised in the 87th minute and we dropped two points. Next up was Leyton Orient, away. The league is the obvius priority but a cup run would be nice. A 1-0 win occured and well we march on. The final game of the month saw us travel to Cardiff. They were better in the first half and were leading up until the stroke of half-time. Robbie Findley equalised and the team-talk was the usual kick-up the backside. Dex on his first league start, got a goal and Chambo sealed the victory. Paul Pogba has joined on loan until the end of the season from our parent club Manchester United. Fixtures League Table Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger_mouse Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Great first month NF, and im glad Ish and Derbyshire played well together, and a good win against the Sheep I didnt manage to get a parent club, the board rejected me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Haha, oh and I believe I shall be claiming the biggest fee received Paul Anderson again and the fastest hat-trick which is 54 minutes by Ish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Any ideas as to why this has happened guys? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryano Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Haha, oh and I believe I shall be claiming the biggest fee received Paul Anderson again and the fastest hat-trick which is 54 minutes by Ish. I will see your Paul Anderson and raise you a Raddy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Damn you, can't believe you sold him . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Can we have a record for most possession in a match . Also, the screenshot for ryano's league win is a screenshot of my McGoldrick transfer. Same for the other three in team records. Although the cup one shouldn't be there as it was in the league that he beat Derby. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger_mouse Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Oops my bad, was in a rush ill sort it all now Finally i can sit back with a cuppa n get busy with the reds!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Just finished September and I'm 8th. I could of gone up to 4th in the final game but I messed up with the teamtalk . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryano Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Pre Season Pre season went pretty well for a change. Suffered just the one defeat against a good strength Celtic side, a game in which we weren't embarrassed but the squad looked pretty unfit. A 2-2 draw with Portadown but in that game every player was from the Under 18 squad. The main squad had played 3 games already so didn't want to over stretch them. They played pretty well, I thought I should have won that game but mustn't grumble. I brought in Hogan Ephraim on loan from QPR, quality left midfielder and Jack Robinson at Left Back. I originally brought him in as cover for Gunter but I dropped Moloney and put Gunter at RB and Robinson at LB, it's working pretty well so far. Start to Mid Season So got the season off to a flyer with back to back wins against Burnley and Bristol City with Miller bagging a brace in each, then an away loss to Southampton. Then an 11 game unbeaten run followed, 3 draws, disappointingly 2 of these were at home and both were games we should have won. But 8 wins and all them pretty convincingly scoring at least 2 goals in each win, 20 in total, a slight worry only keeping 4 clean sheets. Then things started to go wrong, coinciding with the loss of Wes Morgan for 4 months and Ish Miller for initially 2 months but throughout the rest of the season he got injured at least 4 more times. A defeat away to Ipswich, followed by a horrendous home defeat to Posh led to a 6 game run without a win including another home defeat. Lost my way here, changing the team, various niggling injuries to defenders left me having to resort to a back 3 which didn't quite work out like I expected. This took me into the mid season area with a disappointing 1 win in 8, so having sat pretty at the top of the league, I was now languishing in 3rd. Mid Season to Finish Boxing Day kicked off with a comfortable win at home to Leeds and now we were back to the turn around. A couple of wins, then a couple of losses, another 1-0 defeat at home was really disappointing. Miller out injured, Morgan injured, Chambers injured, really couldn't get a settled team. It seemed every game another player picked up a little injury. Went on another little run of 9 games unbeaten, but 5 of these were draws, 3 of them at home which inevitably would cost me the league title. A little hiccup away at Posh, a game in which I was 2-0 up sealed my fate as going on to finish either 2nd or 3rd. But myself, Ipswich and Burnley went on various dodgy runs towards the end of the season and thanks to a 7 game unbeaten run at the end of the season 2nd place was sealed. Had it not been for a late, late I would have gone into the final game against Leeds with a chance of winning the title. But it was not to be, a final day 3-0 victory against Leeds sealed automatic promotion back to the Premiership. Conclusion All in all a good start for me on FM12. For the majority of the games I stuck with 4-4-2, Philosophy balanced, Strategy attacking. Towards the end of the season I deviated to either 3-1-4-2 because of various injuries thanks to using match preparation as a back up formation it worked well. Had significant injuries to Miller, Morgan and Chambers been avoided I would have been top of the league. Will need to make a lot of signings for next season, think the challenge will be to bravely avoid relegation. League Table Season Transfers[/url] Pre Season I brought in Jack Robinson at left back and Hogan Ephraim at left midfield. Both really good signings, Robinson slotted nicely in at left back allowing me to utilise Gunter at right back. Ephraim was probably the difference between me making auto promotion instead of the play offs. Apart from Pellicori whom I brought in on loan from QPR for the back end of the season and he turned out to be poor, the rest of the signings were all youngsters who I scouted out for the future. Tery Kennedy made a handful of first team appearances and did well. 11 games, 2 goals, average rating of 6.94, definitely going to be a star of the future. I signed Joe Lewis in the January transfer window and immediately afterwards I regretted it. The board did the transfer after I showed the initial interest, securing the deal for £1mill. I played him for 4 games, he conceded 4 goals but kept 2 clean sheets. But at 10k a week and a million spent on him, Lee Camp was performing well enough, I just got greedy! Best Signing: Hogan Ephraim on Loan Worst Signing: Joe Lewis £1million As for players departing the club, Raddy went early on. I was playing 4-4-2 formation and with a plethora of central midfield players he just didn't fit my portfolio. It wasn't until towards the end of the season when I started playing 4-1-2-1-2 that he would have fitted in perfectly. I didn't rate Mcleary so he languished in the reserves before we parted company and Paul Smith went due to me signing Joe Lewis. A few youngsters went out and about on loan but nothing drastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Just got the news that Chambo is out for 3 to 4 months . I only have Big Wes, Jamaal, Sol, Lynch and Gorman. Eckersley is coming back from injury and Lynch has been playing at LB because of that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryano Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Another extension to my above post... my shot at some records.... Fastest Goal Youngest Goalscorer Most goals in a season Highest Average Rating Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger_mouse Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Ill add them up now mate, if theres any more let me know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robterrace Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Several records here... Fastest hat trick. Fastest double hat trick, goals in a game, highest scoring game... Miller has also gone through the goals scored in a season one, but I'll upload that in a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryano Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Impressive that. Kicked off the premiership campaign. Unbeaten in first 3 games, albeit all 3 were draws! One of which was 2-0 up at home to WBA and chucked it away. Brought in 9 signings, I always have a habit of doing this whatever FM it is! Got Michael Owen on a freebie backed 1 in 3 but struggling to keep him fit. Mainly a bit part player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robterrace Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 - Video of the aforementioned 7-2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackman Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I've also won 7-2 against Cardiff. Edit: Photo upload. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkwone Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Started my game yesterday evening with Forest. Pre-season went well results wise, beat Arsenal Reserves 8-1, Arsenal 4-3, Alfreton 7-0, Stoke 4-2 and Torquay 5-2 only loosing to Exter 3-2 after fielding a team made up of back-up/reserve and U-18 players. Derbyshire & Miller were a brilliant partnership with them scoring 7 & 10 respectively. Only 3 games into the season so far and the good form has continued beating Hull 4-1, Bradford 3-1 and drawing 2-2 with Cardiff although i feel i should of won the game with Chambers scoring an own goal late on. Transfer wise I sold Paul Smith too Birmingham for 300k after i had an argument with his agent who wanted a ridiculous new contract. Bought in Jlloyd Samuel in DL for free and Glenn Loovens (DC) from Celtic for 170k. Tempted to sell Mcgoldrick as the strike force is pretty strong, but the board will only give me 10% of the funds raised so i'm not sure it'll actually be worth it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anxiietyyy Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Started mine least night, Miller and Blackstock are forming a truly lethal partnership up top, with a combined 10 goals between them in the first 8 games. Currently sitting 5th in the table, 4 points off of West Ham at the top. Now, the problem is, when we play big matches, we choke. I had won 5 on the bounce going in to the match against reading, ended up getting battered 4-1. Then, I'd won 2 in a row going in to the West Ham game, we didn't take our chances and ended up losing, rather unfortunately, 2-0. Any ideas on why my players aren't up for Big Games? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robterrace Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 More for you... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar$haLL Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I started my game early hours of Friday morning, but only played 2 games so far as I like to take my time re-building the club my way. Beat Burnley on the opening day of the season at home 3-1 & just beat Notts County in the 1st round of the Carling Cup also by 3-1 at Meadow Lane. Changed nearly all the coaching staff (only keeping Steve Sutton, Nick Marshall, Alan Hill, Martin Wilkinson and Andrew Balderston [for now, might get rid of him yet]) & replaced them with better people. Brought in Tony Coton as my Ass Man, Mark Sertori as a FTC, John Murtough as a Coach, Bobby Downes as a Coach, Paul Winsper as a Fitness Coach, Gary Brazil as a Youth Coach, Steve Whitehall as a Physio, Steve Martin as a Scout, Ian Bowyer as a Scout & Ian Storey-Moore as a Scout. The signings I've made so far are: Sol Campbell - Free, Lomana LuaLua - Free, Jack Robinson - Season Long Loan, Sanchez Watt - Season Long Loan (only because Arsenal sent him to me as they're my Parent Club), Glenn Loovens - 6 Month Loan with option to buy for £160K and signed Jonny Howson from Leeds for £1.5M. I've sold McCleary to Pompey for £625K, McGoldrick to Peterborough for £825K & Raddy to Birmingham for £1.8M. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar$haLL Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 If only this was the scoreline last month IRL! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger_mouse Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 All records updated, Mar$haLL have you got a screenie of Raddy's transfer for the Records? And there's still afew records that need filling from you guys who have finished a full season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar$haLL Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 All records updated, Mar$haLL have you got a screenie of Raddy's transfer for the Records?And there's still afew records that need filling from you guys who have finished a full season Yep, here it is I've also just broken the transfer record for the most fee spent, broke the bank to sign Jay Rodriguez from Burnley for £4M! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollyhowles Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 hi all, just thought id give you an update on my game. Only in pre-season so far, played well so far. In Danny rose Tottenham end of season loan Emanuel Frimpong Arsenal end of season loan Out Paul Smith 500k blackpool David Mcgoldrick 625k Peterborough Raddy Birmingham 1.8 million Will now look to strength defence and add the odd squad player as have healthy transfer budget now. My tactic is 4 at back, 2 DM, with 3 Attacking midfielders, and either miller or derbyshire up front Great thread, will update more as my season goes along. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkwone Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Believe i have a new record. Quickest Goal Miller 23 seconds. Almost got the Quickest Hattrick as well but after scoring two in 6 minutes he missed several good chances Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar$haLL Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Most spent on one player - robterrace Jay Rodriguez £4m Most received for one player - robterrace Radoslaw Majewski £1.8m These aren't his records! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robterrace Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 These aren't his records! I know they aren't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigseyuk Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 great thread coyr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowOwl Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Hi Jackman, How did you get that result against Cardiff. They were 2nd top when i played them (i was 8th). I was on a role of 3 wins in a row and a manager of the month award. But came thumping back down with a 5-1 defeat away to them. What tacticts did you use and who did you mark etc>? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donoccetti Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 5 games into my season, have started well: 4-2, 4-0, 4-0, 1-1, 3-0. Did my usual trick of signing loads of players (i cant help it) and shipping out the dead wood (and McGugan). Can anyone tell me how to put a screenshot on here please? Or point me to where i can find out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryano Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 5 games into my season, have started well: 4-2, 4-0, 4-0, 1-1, 3-0. Did my usual trick of signing loads of players (i cant help it) and shipping out the dead wood (and McGugan). Can anyone tell me how to put a screenshot on here please? Or point me to where i can find out? Press Alt+F9 whilst in game and it saves it to the screenshots folder. Or press the print screen button your keyboard and paste it into paint. Then upload to something like imageshack and direct link it onto here using the globe in the editor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babak G Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Anyone made it to the PL with them yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richjb78 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Didn't even know this thread existed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayzie Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I started again after I installed the full game. In Sam Johnstone (Man Utd) - Season Loan Federico Macheda (Man Utd) - Season Loan Jack Robinson (Liverpool) - Season Loan Glen Loovens (Celtic) - £375k Carl Jenkinson (Arsenal) - Emergency 3 month loan when Gunter got injured. Out McGoldrick - £850k Anderson - £1m Smith - £500k Put Tudgay & McLeary on the transfer market too but no-one seems to want them. Staff Changes I completely gutted the back room staff, sacked all scouts except Alan Hill & Martin Wilkinson and employed four better scouts with 16/16 on JPA/JPA or above. Sacked all youth coaches except Nick Marshall, who I offered a job as a Coach, so he can work with the first team too. Sacked all first team coaches except Bill Beswick & the GK coach who isn't Steve Sutton and sacked Hasslebaink. Brought in Terry McDermott as assistant, Tosh Farrell and a couple of others. I've got roughly three stars all the way down now except Tactics & Defending, which are 4.5 stars. Strongest team GK - Camp RB - Gunter CB / CB - Chambers / Loovens LB - Robinson DM - Moussi CM / CM - McGugan / Cohen AMC - Majewski ST / ST - Miller / Findley Season so far I have Man Utd as a parent club, which explains Macheda, although he's not as good as I expected so he spends most of his time on the bench and I might even send him back to save on wages. Gunter out for minimum five months, so I've switched Chambers to RB & put Morgan back in CB. Carl Jenkinson on loan was a panic move and he's worse than Maloney, so that was a waste of time. I got knocked out of League Cup, round four by Fulham on penalties. Cardiff are hammering the league, with West Ham and Leicester just behind. I'm fourth but there's nothing between fourth and about tenth and there's about a six point gap between me and third place. It's generally been a season of win one, lose one but I'm currently four games unbeaten, drew 0-0 then two games running I was 2-0 down at half time but drew 2-2, then won 2-1 before I switched it off so I could get up for work this morning. Biggest win so far 6-1 vs Leeds Kinda pissed off I sold almost £2.5m of players but only ended up with £400k to spend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayzie Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Any ideas as to why this has happened guys? Same thing happened to me and probably about the same time of year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryano Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Anyone made it to the PL with them yet? YEah I made it to the prem at the first attempt but finding it a real struggle. Messed it up to be honest, brought in some crap players, panicked at getting staff in. Languishing in 18th place after halfway through the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richjb78 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I started again after I installed the full game.In Sam Johnstone (Man Utd) - Season Loan Federico Macheda (Man Utd) - Season Loan Jack Robinson (Liverpool) - Season Loan Glen Loovens (Celtic) - £375k Carl Jenkinson (Arsenal) - Emergency 3 month loan when Gunter got injured. Out McGoldrick - £850k Anderson - £1m Smith - £500k Put Tudgay & McLeary on the transfer market too but no-one seems to want them. Staff Changes I completely gutted the back room staff, sacked all scouts except Alan Hill & Martin Wilkinson and employed four better scouts with 16/16 on JPA/JPA or above. Sacked all youth coaches except Nick Marshall, who I offered a job as a Coach, so he can work with the first team too. Sacked all first team coaches except Bill Beswick & the GK coach who isn't Steve Sutton and sacked Hasslebaink. Brought in Terry McDermott as assistant, Tosh Farrell and a couple of others. I've got roughly three stars all the way down now except Tactics & Defending, which are 4.5 stars. Strongest team GK - Camp RB - Gunter CB / CB - Chambers / Loovens LB - Robinson DM - Moussi CM / CM - McGugan / Cohen AMC - Majewski ST / ST - Miller / Findley Season so far I have Man Utd as a parent club, which explains Macheda, although he's not as good as I expected so he spends most of his time on the bench and I might even send him back to save on wages. Gunter out for minimum five months, so I've switched Chambers to RB & put Morgan back in CB. Carl Jenkinson on loan was a panic move and he's worse than Maloney, so that was a waste of time. I got knocked out of League Cup, round four by Fulham on penalties. Cardiff are hammering the league, with West Ham and Leicester just behind. I'm fourth but there's nothing between fourth and about tenth and there's about a six point gap between me and third place. It's generally been a season of win one, lose one but I'm currently four games unbeaten, drew 0-0 then two games running I was 2-0 down at half time but drew 2-2, then won 2-1 before I switched it off so I could get up for work this morning. Biggest win so far 6-1 vs Leeds Kinda pissed off I sold almost £2.5m of players but only ended up with £400k to spend. There were something like 25 teams came in for loovens when I wanted him. He didn't choose me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayzie Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 No-one wanted him on my save. He starts at about 700k then Celtic get panicky and start dropping his price and offering him out. He's not that good, you're not missing much and I dare say I could've got someone better if I'd searched hard enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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