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Originally posted by jonahno6:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by teeyougee:

Are you crazy? Sell Sagna and replace him with Zaccardo.

Don't sell Sagna mate. He's one of the best. Zaccardo is nowhere near as good. Only time you should consider selling Sagna is if you buy D.Alves.

Also dont sell Toure, not even for 25M. He's brilliant.

If Sagna shaved his hair I would keep him, and Toure, I will keep for the first season for sure, but there is alot of better players out there and I want them instead of Toure </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

sagna is the second best RB in the game behind alves even with the hair hes worth it and in your game hleb isnt that great especially at AMC so id get a replacement for him and look for someone better than marcelo at AML

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am i the only person who plays fabianski?!! he's very consistent and keepes alot of clean sheets.

best buy of the game without a doubt is ever banega, a DM. only 19 and 10 times the player that gilbeto is. get rid or him for about £8-9m and get banega for £3-4. bargain!

not impressed with aguero yet, but only been with me for half a season, maybe next season will be better.

bought defoe (for £19m tho :S) and he scored 20 goals in the first 10 games then went 7 without a thing! so dropped him.

Payet is a decent left winger, but doesnt seen to assist many.

do any of the young lads turn into anything good? (barazite, ryhs murphy, pedro etc)

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NOOOOOOOOO!

Got drawn against Real Madrid in the last 16 of the CL, and i knew it sould be a hard game. First game at Emirates, i lost 1-0, so i was half-expecting to go out. Went 2 behind after 25minutes, and almost certainly out. But then 2 goals from Adebayor and one from Eduardo made it 3-3 on agg, and with 5 minutes left, i was getting ready for the quarter finals. Then Arjen Robben scored a diving header in the 4th of 5 added minutes!

HATE THE DIVING CHEAT!

Was expectedto get to the QF's so i hope i wont get into the boards bad books

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I've been playing Fabianski with my second team in all Cup and Champions league matches.

My second team came top in CL group, playing Barcelona in 1st Knockout stage.

They have got us to the FA Cup 5th round, and League Cup Final (v Blackburn).

Adebayor is in insane form. Scored 31 in 22 matches, 8.18 AR. I guess this is another bug that's gotta be fixed.

Also Rooney has been great for Man Utd, 30 goals in 30 (25 in 22 in the league).

I'm second in the league, 4 points behind Man Utd after 23 matches.

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banega £3-£4 i wish lol especially on the new patch does anyone know why i didnt get my bid for bojan accepted right i bid 41.5M which is his realease clause but i set it up like 10M after 50 League appearances etc and they didnt accept i thought any bid that matched up to the realease clause had to be accepted.

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i feel confident we can go to milan and win! we played well and by the return match we will have rosicky back and who knows about VP and they look like they will be missing Pato and without him they have lacked forwards. the only worry is will we get another injury in defence before the second leg? lets do to AC what we did to Inter at the san siro. damn that crossbar

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Well we dominated that game, but the finishing was woeful. I think Kalac could have stood rooted to the one spot in the middle of the goals all game and we still wouldn’t have scored. Just one of those days. But what is clear to me as someone who doesn’t get to see many games in full us that we badly need a good goal scoring right winger. Eboue made some good runs, but lets be real, he shoots like a fullback. As much as I admire Wenger’s dedication to nurturing youth and not trying to but a team, I really think he needs to balance this with a recognition that sometimes you’ve got to buy quality. I mean, its not like he’s short of cash or that there wouldn’t be quality players who would want to come to Arsenal. I actually think he’s showing a bit of arrogance in not paying decent money for a big signing here. Games, competitions, even entire seasons can swing on single goals. In games like today, if you don’t take your chances, you can pay a heavy price. I just hope that doesn’t happen in a fortnight’s time. Also what’s clear from this game, well this whole season, is that Flamini is turning into a truly classy CM. I’ve made up my mind, when I go home tonight I’m bumping up his stats in the game without the slightest bit of ‘cheaters guilt’! Now, I’d better get back to work!

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Nah, I reckon we are fine on the wings if only we had our full team out there. We've been desperately unlucky with injuries all season so its all the more to our credit that we're doing as well as we are. If Wenger had RVP & Rosicky at this disposal, I think we would have seen one or the other playing. As for Eboue, yeah it was a good game but I dont care if he scores us the winner against Milan, scores the winners against Man Utd & Chelsea when we play them and develops into a better winger than Cristiano Ronaldo. I HATE that scum with a passion and I dont want to see him play at Arsenal. We're not a club that should be encouraging cheating. His past antics came to haunt him today as well when he was booked for a dive. IMO, it wasnt a dive but cant say I blame the ref.

I'm a bit ****ed at Adebayor for missing a glorious chance to set up Fabregas. All he had to do way lay the ball off lightly to him and Cesc was through on goal with only the keeper to beat. But the joker just had to over-hit it! BAH! These are the sort of chances some Arsenal players need to learn to make them count. I dont know why everyone is so damn please with Milan's performance. They did good defensively I suppose but it wasnt THAT good ffs! They were lucky they didnt concede 3-4 goals. We had plenty of chances to win the game but just didnt take them.

As for the injuries, we NEED Toure back in time for San Siro. Senderos probably had his best game as an Arsenal player but I still think he's a liability. And since we have such attacking full backs and like to play high up the pitch, we need quick defenders. Senderos doesnt fit into the system. Although I couldnt stop grinning when he shoved Pato off a couple of times from the ball and almost crushed him underneath when he rose for a header!! icon_biggrin.gif On the flip side, Nesta picked up an injury too. If he's out of the next clash its great news. I dont think Maldini & Kaladze will be able to keep us out for another 90 mins. With Nesta in the side, it'll be MUCH harder.

Flamini did great to ward off Kaka for most of the game. But I have NO bloody idea what Wenger said to him because towards the last 30 mins Flamini was going off Kaka for some reason and Kaka started to cause a few problems. I cant, for the life of me, imagine the thinking behind that one. 0-0 was still a decent scoreline. 1-1 would have been very bad. Cesc finally started to find his feet in the second half. Hleb & Eduardo were both big disappointments for me. Neither did anything and Eduardo atleast should be substituted LONG ago. Good to see Gallas back to his commanding best after the disaster day he had at OT.

As for Bendtner & Walcott, one thing is clear. They are both VERY useful for us coming off the bench. Bendtner is great in the air and has great movement and anticipation. Everytime I see him come on in the last 20mins or so of a game, he ALWAYS manages to atleast creat a good chance for himself. He should have done much better with the one that fell his way today. And I was disappointed that Wenger didnt Walcott on much sooner. Atleast 10-15 mins on the pitch were required by him. Milan's defence was sitting very deep and letting players run at them. With Bendtner & Adebayor in the box and Walcott running past his marker and putting crosses in, I'm sure we would have managed another 2-3 good chances. Especially seeing as how good Ade is in the air. And since Nesta had gone off injured, they were a little more vulnerable there.

But anyway, the performance gives me hope for the next match. But we need some of our injured players back now. Rosicky, RVP & Toure need to come back soon. Especially Toure for the San Siro game. And then there's the small matter of the Premier League too. The one bit of consolation on that front is that our next game is at Birmingham. Even though they managed to draw us at Emirates, I think we should be able to beat them and not miss the injured players much. And then we have Villa at home which, although tough, is still a home game and one which we should just about scrape. So Toure & Rosicky have about 10-12 days to get fit again. Even after that we have a resonably easy couple of games in Wigan(A) & Boro(H) until the clash with Chelsea. Fingers crossed we'll have all our players back by then. RVP is supposed to be very near full fitness. Would be great to have him back in time for Milan. icon_smile.gif

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How do you play Adebayor Eduardo and/or Bendtner (sp?) also Fabregas because no matter how im playing them i cant get their individual instructions right.

And team for that matter quick slow short direct mixed just cannot cope, id think to go wide at home but then i just get walked all over and if i play possesion i dont create any chances against any teams.

ANY suggestions are welcome

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Is it just me or didnt wenger expose milan's lack of pace at the back fully? But yea, walcott should have been on much earlier. Flamini was superb in the 1st half. Senderos is good as long as Inzaghi aint near him imo. But for defending champions, Milan's performance was crap as compared to last yr's awesome display against Man Utd.

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Hulk, I agree with most of what you said. I’m probably not in the best position to comment because I live in Oz and don’t have pay tv, so only really get to see the CL games and highlights that are shown free to air here. I agree that with a full squad we have solid options on the wings, though I still wouldn’t class any of our players as true out-and-out goal scoring wingers. I know they can do the biz on occassions, but I think today’s game showed off both our lack of depth and of a natural RW. To me more depth is vital if we are to win trophies, and especially multiple trophies consistently over a number of seasons. That’s what I want to see anyway. You’re right about Walcott, he should have been given more time. When he came on you could tell that AC had to cover him more as a threat than what they did Eboue. Eboue can run all day, but he can’t score and they know that. To me that’s an important difference, having a real goal scoring winger gives the other team far more headaches, and makes it more dangerous to sit back and defend the centre forwards. Despite improvements, we still don’t present enough threat from this area. So to sum up, I would be very pleased to see Wenger splash some fairly serious cash in this area, and I don’t think it would in any way undermine his ‘plan’ for the team. Anyway, that’s my 5 cents (or should I say pence!)

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Unlucky match vs Milan. It's gonna be a tough second leg but at least Milan didn't score an away goal. I'm sure Arsenal will be able to scrape a goal draw away at the very least.

Anyhow, finished my 1st season. I can't be bothered with uploading images atm.

Came 2nd in the league, won all 19 of my home games, pathetic away form though. I finished on 94 points, 5 points behind Man Utd.

I won the League Cup and FA Cup.

I got knocked out of the CL 1st knockouts against Barca, 1-3.

Overall, I'm pleased with the 1st season, though I really gotta adjust my away formation, not doing so well.

I've got a hefty £180M transfer fees for the second season (moved wage budget to transfer budget). Still in mid-july but not sure who to buy.

Transfers In

Baxter - £475K

Enyeama - £400K (3rd keeper, I plan to sell him for profit)

Transfers Out

Marcelo - £60M + 50% ons + 30M buy-back (20M over 12 months, 40M after next int.app.) - Roma

Rosicky - £15M + 50% ons (the 15M over 24 months) - Everton

Piatti - £6M + 20% - Villareal

Very happy with the Marcelo transfer. Both Roma and Barca made the same offer, he went to Roma. He had a decent 1st season as an AML, nothing special. I'll be able to buy him back for £15M whenever he's interested - might be a few seasons though. But it'll be £45M profit icon_biggrin.gif

First Team (used for league matches)

GK: Lloris

RB: D.Alves

LB: Clichy

CB: Toure

CB: Richards

DM: Veloso

RM: V.Persie

LM: M.Fernandez

AM: Fabregas

AM: Aguero

ST: Adebayor

Second Team (used for most cup and champions league matches)

GK: Fabianski

RB: Sagna

LB: Traore

CB: Djourou

CB: Samba

DM: Denilson

RM: Walcott

LM: Buonanotte

AM: Vela

AM: Eduardo

ST: Bendtner

I think what I really need is a better winger than M.Fernandez. His stats aren't so great on 8.02.

Would it be wise to pay 62M for Silva, and play him on the left with RVP on the right? Or should I go for someone else?

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teeyougee

If you need a winger then take a look at Hatem Ben arfa. His stats and PA(185) has gone up a bit for the new patch, and the PA is higher then Silva's. He should cost you around £15m-£30m. I usually gets him for around 15m in the 1st season, so don't know how much he would cost later.

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hi

can anyonr help me with arsenal start of first season on latest patch(8.02)

ive had an offer of 6m for almunia which sounds tempting but i dont know how he does in the latest patch ????

if i sold him who should i get to be my number one keeper?

cheers

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Yeah sell Almunia. He's decent enough but not that good. But if the offer is from Man City and its negotiable, then try to negotiate to 7.5M. Apparantely almost everyone is getting that offer from Man City (I did too). Sell him and get Hugo Lloris for about 11-12M. Brilliant keeper. You wont need Almunia as Lehmann's great for 1 season before his contract runs out (let it). And Fabianski develops into a very good GK as well. I suggest you try to loan out Fabianski and let him get some experience. Send him to an affiliate if you dont get any offers. But make sure you have the recall option.

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im in my thrid season, won everything first season, the league on goal difference. second defended my title and won league cup, F.A and lost in semi of champs league to inter. im doing well at the moment in this season highlight a 4-0 win over man utd.

this is my squad:

<a href="http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg237/PeterGunner/?action=view&current=Arsenalsquad3rdseason.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg237/PeterGunner/Arsenalsquad3rdseason.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

transfers 1st season:

<a href="http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg237/PeterGunner/?action=view&current=transfers1stseason.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg237/PeterGunner/transfers1stseason.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

transfers 2nd season:

<a href="http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg237/PeterGunner/?action=view&current=transfers2ndseason.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg237/PeterGunner/transfers2ndseason.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

transfers 3rd season:

<a href="http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg237/PeterGunner/?action=view&current=transfers3rdseason.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg237/PeterGunner/transfers3rdseason.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

im winning the league by 1 point atm. i was wondering were i need to strengthen the squad and who to get rid off, im not sure if helb is gd enough. i want pablo to go. i need a keeper to act as back up but i dont want to spend loads on a player who will play maybe 1 game a year. shall i hold on to vela, traore or let them go? and shall i allow the likes of RVP to go to real madrid?

im still playing the old patch, s it worth starting a new game, or just carrying on with this game for a while?

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Originally posted by gunnermitch:

hi

can anyonr help me with arsenal start of first season on latest patch(8.02)

ive had an offer of 6m for almunia which sounds tempting but i dont know how he does in the latest patch ????

if i sold him who should i get to be my number one keeper?

cheers

Almunia sells for at least 8mil quids mate.

I would sell him and get Hugo Lloris.

I think he's at the 15mil mark.

No sure. But he's class imo.

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transfers first season:

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg237/PeterGunner/transfers1stseason.jpg

transfer 2nd season:

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg237/PeterGunner/transfers2ndseason.jpg

transfer 3rd season:

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg237/PeterGunner/transfers3rdseason.jpg

sorry for mucking the page up with the links i havent used the forum before that much

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ok have you got any other choices that would be under the 6m mark for my first choice keeper

budget 6-8m or lower if possible but must be good as he will be my first choice?

cheers

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Try and get Agliardi. He should be available between 6-8M and is a good keeper. He was first choice for me at Arsenal for a few years but that was on the previous patch. Dont know how much he's been butchered in the latest patch.

But I think you're getting too carried away with this "do a Wenger" thing. (1) In the game you HAVE to buy the best players else your team will never be good enough. Unfortuntately, in the game players have been given a certain PA which bascially will dictate how good they'll get. Anyone with a lowish PA wont be so good. IRL, the same players would be very different. IRL, Shay Given & Brad Friedel are two of the best keepers in the league and have been for a while. But in the game they both have a PA of 170 which is just good but not that great for a top side. (2) Wenger doesnt care how much he has to spend on a player mate. He's never been like that. He only likes to get players that he thinks will fit into the way the team plays. And also players who he thinks will not cause any trouble. And he hates big squads. Thats why he doesnt buy a lot of players either. If he thought Lloris would be a great addition to the side, he'll pay up and get him. Ofcourse, he never likes to pay over the odds like Alex Ferguson and espcially any Chelsea manager are happy to do. But 12M for Lloris is a VERY good price as he turns out quality. Good enough from the start as well.

If you want the best deal for a GK, then Enyeama has to get the vote. Will cost about 500K or so and is a good keeper. Not good enough for Arsenal first choice though.

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I was looking on the club information screen of Arsenal and something caught my eye which I though was strange. Jens Lehmann is listed there as one of the "Favoured Personnel" but I see no sign of Dennis Bergkamp! Surely the Gunners have more love for arguably one our greatest players than Mad Jens (who's come down a lot in my books atleast this season). Not important I suppose, but still strange.

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Originally posted by Fabregas18:

teeyougee

If you need a winger then take a look at Hatem Ben arfa. His stats and PA(185) has gone up a bit for the new patch, and the PA is higher then Silva's. He should cost you around £15m-£30m. I usually gets him for around 15m in the 1st season, so don't know how much he would cost later.

I'm having a lot of trouble finding a great winger :/ Most of them have already been transferred, or they aren't interested.

Ben Arfa moved to Inter for 13.25M a month ago. Totally forgot about him :/

It's August 16th now, gotta find someone quick. Any help is appreciated

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I wouldnt recommend Quaresma. I've never got him to perform that well in previous games and decided I wont be buying him again. Thought I'll give him another chance on the new patch in my current Arsenal game and am regretting it.

Rosina has always been quality for me whenever I've had him. So yeah, I would recommend him. What about Robinho? He's great on the left wing. And then there's Silva who's obviously great. Mancini is another candidate. Joaquin is awesome and he's described as "world-class" in the game too. Ribery is awesome. Navas is good. Babel is good as is Nani. Plenty of options there.

If you have no qualms about money, I'd say just get Silva. Wont find much better than him anyway (even if he's not as good on the latest patch, he's still FB!).

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Thanks for all the suggestions, now nhere's the problem:

Rosina - Will cost around £17M, will definately try get him

Robinho - Not interested in coming

Silva - Not interested in coming

Mancini - Will cost 28M+, 28y.o (but in the worst case I'll buy him)

Joaquin - declined my contract, went to Madrid

Ribery - declined my contract, went to Inter

Navas - Not interested in coming

Babel - They wont sell him - They declined £50M

Nani - Not interested in coming

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Argh!!!

Lloris, Clichy, Traore, Sagna, Fabregas, Buonanotte, Aguero, Denilson, Djourou all away on international duty at the start of the season, Bendtner out injured for a month, and I sent Walcott and Vela out on loan.

Had to play my 1st 3 matches without them. Beat Man Utd 2-0 in the Community Shield, beat Reading 2-0 at home, lost to Chelsea 2-0 away. And most of them are missing for my next match against Man City -.-

Now Chelsea have gona and bid £17.25M to Juventus, and 17.25M to Torino for Rosina. Gonna cost me 35M to get him, is it really worth it or should I stick with RVP and Matias?

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Originally posted by mikiz:

Nadir Belhadj for left wing, and Kader Keita for right wing.

Giles Barnes also a good shout for right wing.

I bid for Keita and they want £41M. Too much for an ageing player for me. I see Belhadj as a LWB tbh. Barnes is not good in my game, scouts have given him 2 stars.

Right, I have to pay £43M to get Rosina. Is he really worth it?

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Im playing a 4-2-3-1 and i have Guilherme so who should i play in the front 4 my suggestion is

Hleb (AMright) Guilherme (AMcentre) V persie (AMleft)

Adebayor (ST)

But obviously i then have Bendtner and Eduardo and Rosicky sitting around and Bendtner was on fire against chelsea when he came on and i moved Ade to the AMC spot any suggestions.

Also who should i play at CB out of Gallas, BArzagli, Toure, Senderos, Djourou, and Veloso

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I got a confusion:

I'm in January season 1 now, Eddy and Ade have been performing quite well, scoring 15 and 25 respectively.

My other strikers are Bendtner (4), Theo (3) and Bojan (4) on loan.

I had a bid of 10M accepted for Amauri.

Do you think I should proceed with it?

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forgot to add:

So to speak, if Eddy or Ade crocked/away/banned, my scoring options are limited to my goalscoring midfielder (Cesc, Diaby, Tomas and Hleb), and they are provider most of the time not scorer.

Bendtner and Bojan/Theo are not that dependable as of yet, and I have sold RVP the sulk earlier in the season.

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Right, I have to pay £43M to get Rosina. Is he really worth it?

No, thats stupid money to spend on him. He's not even going to get that money back for you through shirt sales etc like Silva, Messi, Ronaldo etc would. So forget about that one.

Here are some other suggestions:

Rafinha (great on the right wing. Try him.)

Valon Behrami (brilliant player. Great on the wings and as RB too)

Maxwell (Inter, great on the left wing. He's pretty cheap at the start of the game. Might be more expensive now. But still a quality a player he is)

Ashley Young (good on the left wing. Not the world-class winger you're looking for though)

Jeremy Menez (you know about him)

Angel Di Maria (hardly mentioned but is a quality winger)

Salomon Kalou (again, good on the wings. Will be expensive if still at Chelsea)

Diego Capel (not great, but good and is quick)

Sebastien Giovinco (brilliant winger he turns out to be. Must buy)

Andrey Arshavin (good versatile player. Wont cost a hand and leg either)

I'm sure you'll be able to get someone from that.

mikiz

First, who's Eddy?? I assume you mean Eduardo?? Second, what patch you on? If you're on the latest patch then Eduardo is quality. If you're on the earlier patches, he's not that good. So I'd keep him on the latest patch and wont bother with Amauri as Bendtner is FB. If you're on the earlier patches, I'd sell Eduardo and buy Amauri in that case.

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Im playing a 4-2-3-1 and i have Guilherme so who should i play in the front 4 my suggestion is

Hleb (AMright) Guilherme (AMcentre) V persie (AMleft)

Adebayor (ST)

But obviously i then have Bendtner and Eduardo and Rosicky sitting around and Bendtner was on fire against chelsea when he came on and i moved Ade to the AMC spot any suggestions.

Also who should i play at CB out of Gallas, BArzagli, Toure, Senderos, Djourou, and Veloso

Just wondered if you had any suggestions or if you needed more information like a screenshot of the tactic

Cheers in advance

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if they are asking for 10mill and 13.7 later TAKE IT and try to force the deal as quickly as possible so they dont have time to expand the deal to include denilson

anyone had much luck with flamini and denilson in the new update? also is it just me or does songs stats look scare, still not as good as FM07 where he had tackle of 20.

also need some help with my strikers, i have abe, bojan, bendtner, eduardo and aguero (i have the update so stats are fairly low) and i need to decide do i sell eduardo and let vela fill the gap? or do i bring someone in? persently have over 50mill to spend but if i fear that if i bring someone in i will risk the of bojan and vela development.

also i haven't heard you guys speaking about this player before but u should sign him, he is called Luis Jimenez (inter player out on loan first season) he is 22-23 at the start of the game fits perfectly with arsenal style he has 20's in dribbling and technique and 19 for passing and 18 in first touch, composure, flair and decisions, plus he is a smart player with a finish of 14. a great replacement for Helb since his stats are just too low for him to play an effective role for arsenal in the game.

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