Mark. Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Signed Tevez who was a free agent just after getting knocked out on penalties to man city in the 4th round of the c1c Tevez will be interesting, how does he look on FM14? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 How are your results going Mitch?Where are you in the league now? 5th place in December first season 5 points off 1st spot doing ok and have a game in hand having qualified top in CL group stages used your tactic for 3 games so far with a home 4-1 win Shakhtar , home 0-0 Cardiff (tired squad from CL) , home 4-0 win Newcastle. so going well , cheers Rosso Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakesypvfc Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Does anyone else struggle against Stoke. I hate playing them every FM comes along, it never changes. Played my normal attacking tactic away at the Brit and they tore me a new one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Tevez will be interesting, how does he look on FM14? well he is 33 so i'll leave the rest to the imagination His stats are ok for an old boy, will upload a screenie at the end of my season, he scored in his debut but apparently a goalkeeper parrying the ball into the roof of the net when his shot was 1 yard out counts as an own goal... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakesypvfc Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Sacked. Going to have to have another go. I did love managing them even though it was massively frustrating when we couldn't do a thing against the big teams. Maybe I will be able to learn something this time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burak700 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Hey there guys, I've also started a career with Arsenal. It's the start of October and we're 3 points behind MANU with 5 wins and 1 loss. Here are my transfers: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/3xd.png/ Bought Lewandowski and brought back Cesc to the team. All seems to be well for the time being. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossoneriGunner Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 5th place in December first season5 points off 1st spot doing ok and have a game in hand having qualified top in CL group stages used your tactic for 3 games so far with a home 4-1 win Shakhtar , home 0-0 Cardiff (tired squad from CL) , home 4-0 win Newcastle. so going well , cheers Rosso When they get used to the tactic they do get better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gholliday87 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Hey there guys, I've also started a career with Arsenal. It's the start of October and we're 3 points behind MANU with 5 wins and 1 loss.Here are my transfers: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/3xd.png/ Bought Lewandowski and brought back Cesc to the team. All seems to be well for the time being. Did you get 50% of the transfer fee back as per the clause? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossoneriGunner Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Did you get 50% of the transfer fee back as per the clause? There was something like this with Cazorla....but then again I don't believe in Santi Clause. :o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gholliday87 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 There was something like this with Cazorla....but then again I don't believe in Santi Clause. :o Haha...nice one...I may try and put in a sell on clause in every transfer I use...way of making extra money I supose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burak700 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Did you get 50% of the transfer fee back as per the clause? Yeah, that's why I paid that much for him. You get the cash part back and the monthly instalments as monthly instalments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulous Fabby Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Just started a new Arsenal save ? Brought the following: Ashley Williams 5mil Mohammed Diame 3.5mil Didier Drogba 3.5mil Went for cheap squad players for the first season to see how my squad gets on, don't like splashing the cash until I know exactly were it's needed. Wish me luck, be happy with top 4, standard Arsenal! Updates to follow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossoneriGunner Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Haha...nice one...I may try and put in a sell on clause in every transfer I use...way of making extra money I supose. I normally try and stick at least 25% of the transfer fee and not from the profit made. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gholliday87 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Just started a new Arsenal save Brought the following: Ashley Williams 5mil Mohammed Diame 3.5mil Didier Drogba 3.5mil Went for cheap squad players for the first season to see how my squad gets on, don't like splashing the cash until I know exactly were it's needed. Wish me luck, be happy with top 4, standard Arsenal! Updates to follow Good luck! I look forward to seeing the updates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984mattyd Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 so second season finished, won the league by 6 points, Chelsea was 2nd, city 3rd and utd 4th, spurs finished 11th after finishing 2nd the season before so are already on the downwards spiral and lvierpool finished 12th, 2 seasons in a row in the bottom half for them, maybe its time to snap up suarez. notable transfers in: valdes - free akinfeev - free - now sold for 10 mill as soon as this season finished jeronimo rulli - Argentine goalkeeper, with his stats so far and after a year at brugges on loan he will be a 3rd choice for me - for now great buy at £3.5 mill Will hughes - derby - £6.5 outgoings: mertersacker - £10 mill, didn't need him anymore djourou - £1.5mill fabianski - £1mill and for this upcoming seasons, I have brought in 8 kids and sold giroud for £5mill as he suffered an injury for 5 months and his stats went down badly and also sold flamini for £2mill as I have youth prospects that are capable of doing the job. still playing 4-4-2 and looking pretty strong, vela performed brilliantly this season along with pato, but everton have been taken over and have offered me £32 million for vela and now deciding if I should take it... just right before the new season starts! also wenger is at city now, keeps bidding for wilshere, ramsay and Walcott, bloody annoying as the players start to want new contracts as I keep rejecting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gholliday87 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 How much you reckon Zlatan would set you back? Tempted to get him as my star buy at start of next season if I can pry him away from PSG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984mattyd Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 at the end of the second season I had a bid of 29mill accepted for him, but he wanted £425,000 a week wages! safe to say I said no Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yey Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 wow,£425,000 a week wages?unbelieveable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gholliday87 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 at the end of the second season I had a bid of 29mill accepted for him, but he wanted £425,000 a week wages! safe to say I said no Wow!! I guess with the tax rate in France it would be mega high wages to attract him. I'm getting Valdes on a free at end of season and he's costing me £170k a week...renewed Szczesny's contract and he requested his squad status to be 'back up' so that worked out pretty well for next season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yey Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 looks like i'm fighting a losing battle with Balanta. going to accept any good offer (above 30mill pound) from clubs outside EPL in January. now in December.any idea who should I replace him with? I was looking at Marquinhos (PSG), Doria (FCP), Umtiti (now PSG) and Nastasic (now in PSG). Umtiti seems to be the more likely target due to his price and current wages (which is the lowest among all). any idea who should I go for or is there any other good dc out there to replace Balanta? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yey Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Valdes was constantly offered to me too. tried to sign him once but he was asking for crazy wages, something like 170k or 190k per week, which is wary beyond what I would pay for my player. so the deal was off. Wow!! I guess with the tax rate in France it would be mega high wages to attract him. I'm getting Valdes on a free at end of season and he's costing me £170k a week...renewed Szczesny's contract and he requested his squad status to be 'back up' so that worked out pretty well for next season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossoneriGunner Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Yey whats the problem with Balanta?, he's normally Korean Meatballs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 looks like i'm fighting a losing battle with Balanta. going to accept any good offer (above 30mill pound) from clubs outside EPL in January. now in December.any idea who should I replace him with? I was looking at Marquinhos (PSG), Doria (FCP), Umtiti (now PSG) and Nastasic (now in PSG). Umtiti seems to be the more likely target due to his price and current wages (which is the lowest among all). any idea who should I go for or is there any other good dc out there to replace Balanta? Juan Jesus keeps scoring from corners for me, and thats without me touching the set pieces, 23 apps and 11 goals in his first season, 29 apps and 11 goals in second season, 8 apps and 2 goals this season so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yey Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 after one season with Arsenal, Bayern came in with an offer. I rejected as I won't let him go for less than 35mill.his agent was asking for an improved contract because of that. I decline cause he only joined for a year. i asked Balanta to consider sacking his agent, he said he would do it but did not. I was okay with it. at the end of the season, i renewed his contract and double his wages to 60k per week plus other bonuses. Bayern and Man Utd came in with the offers, and again, I rejected both. both clubs offered for less than 35mill which what I wanted. 6 months later, his agent asked for another improved contract. it was ridiculous as I just renewed his contract 6 months before. I asked him to sack his agent in which he did.barely few weeks after, he came himself asking for an improved contract in which I rejected. the drama started. he moaned about me not allowing him to talk to Man Utd and bla bla bla.he asked to be transfer listed and now not talking to me for few months. and he said he is expecting to leave soon. I guess I'm going to sell him soon,maybe in January if the offer comes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yey Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Carmi88,are you talking about Juan Jesus from Inter? how much did you get him for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossoneriGunner Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Had the same thing in my first season and it was usually Balanta. The player who was the left DC (Balanta) would stand on the 6 yard box level with the near post when Özil was taking a corner from the right hand side, then time his run and with no-one near him stick it in the net and if I remember correctly he got into double figures as well. Just checked and he scored 8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yey Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 you guys set the corner to be delivered to near post I suppose? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984mattyd Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 balanta is amazing, im going to sell vermaelen soon and keep balanta, munich offered 30, rejected that straight away, and giving valdes 170k a week your mad!! he wanted that orginially but no one offered him a contract, got him on a trial during preseason and got him on 51k a week! seems I got a bargain compared to you at 170k a week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossoneriGunner Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 you guys set the corner to be delivered to near post I suppose? I set mine to mixed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yey Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 how do you get 51k a week for Valdes? anyway, Balanta is amazing, which is why I wouldn't sell him for less than 35mill.keep him, he'll become world class in no time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossoneriGunner Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 balanta is amazing, im going to sell vermaelen soon and keep balanta Vermaelen played 7 games in my first season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yey Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 i see. i set mine to near post but i have my SC for left corner and DC for right corner. So far could not get my DC to it double figure yet. I set mine to mixed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossoneriGunner Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 after one season with Arsenal, Bayern came in with an offer. I rejected as I won't let him go for less than 35mill.his agent was asking for an improved contract because of that. I decline cause he only joined for a year. i asked Balanta to consider sacking his agent, he said he would do it but did not. I was okay with it. at the end of the season, i renewed his contract and double his wages to 60k per week plus other bonuses. Bayern and Man Utd came in with the offers, and again, I rejected both. both clubs offered for less than 35mill which what I wanted.6 months later, his agent asked for another improved contract. it was ridiculous as I just renewed his contract 6 months before. I asked him to sack his agent in which he did.barely few weeks after, he came himself asking for an improved contract in which I rejected. the drama started. he moaned about me not allowing him to talk to Man Utd and bla bla bla.he asked to be transfer listed and now not talking to me for few months. and he said he is expecting to leave soon. I guess I'm going to sell him soon,maybe in January if the offer comes. WOW! yeah see what you mean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 yes Juan Jesus from Inter, also played at left central defence signed for 4.8m and he is currently valued at 23m Juan Jesus and my 33 year old Tevez Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gholliday87 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 giving valdes 170k a week your mad!! he wanted that orginially but no one offered him a contract, got him on a trial during preseason and got him on 51k a week! seems I got a bargain compared to you at 170k a week It'll be fine, if he doesn't perform for the first season he'll have a new contact that has been lowered vastly. I'm impressed that you managed to get him so low, there was several clubs in talks with him when I put in my contract offer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yey Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 wow, look at physical attribute of Tevez. not bad at all for a 33 year old striker. anyway, thanks for the info on Juan Jesus Carmi88. scouting him now. i'll now consider him and umtiti since they're the cheapest of all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gholliday87 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 my 33 year old Tevez Not bad, you could use him as a tutor for some young guys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yey Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 right? there's no way I would let a player dictates what I suppose to offer him. am I getting too serious about it? WOW! yeah see what you mean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 anybody gotten to hand pick a feeder club yet? tried my luck with the struggling and managerless inter milan but they said no Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossoneriGunner Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 right? there's no way I would let a player dictates what I suppose to offer him. am I getting too serious about it? No I don't think so, you have to keep some sort of normality where finances are concerned. I can't remember who I went for but he wanted £96k so I told him to 'Go Forth and Multiply'. Perhaps I'm tight , but I only buy players I need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yey Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 hahaha..love the passion everyone is showing here. anyway, next game is NLD and I haven't lost a game in the league yet.gotta keep that run going. but I gotta go put my two kids to bed. it's 11.30 am here in Malaysia. will probably wake up to watch Giroud plays or Ronaldo goes up against Zlatan later early tomorrow morning. the game is at 4am here. will play Spurs then.goodluck and enjoy the game everyone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossoneriGunner Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Goodnight Yey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gholliday87 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 No I don't think so, you have to keep some sort of normality where finances are concerned. I can't remember who I went for but he wanted £96k so I told him to 'Go Forth and Multiply'.Perhaps I'm tight , but I only buy players I need. I'm normally quite stringent with my wage budget, but when you get someone special, such as Zlatan, I would be more likely to break it, but asking £405k a week is beyond stupid! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossoneriGunner Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Here's a question, if you had a SC that was scoring a goal a game and you was offered Messi who would do the same and you could afford his fee and his wages, would you buy him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gholliday87 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Here's a question, if you had a SC that was scoring a goal a game and you was offered Messi who would do the same and you could afford his fee and his wages, would you buy him? That depends, does your current SC combine his goal scoring with assists and overall team play? Messi probably will bring in added goals from assists, plus the added boost from a big name signing will help! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984mattyd Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 It'll be fine, if he doesn't perform for the first season he'll have a new contact that has been lowered vastly. I'm impressed that you managed to get him so low, there was several clubs in talks with him when I put in my contract offer clubs went in for him but he wanted more than others offered, so his contract ran out, got released, got him on a trial for all of pre season and offered him a contract, got appearance fee of 12k and clean sheat of 17k but stil a good freebie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984mattyd Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Vermaelen played 7 games in my first season. I got him on a new contract, 83k a week and not a single bonus, no appearance fees and no sub fees Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossoneriGunner Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 That depends, does your current SC combine his goal scoring with assists and overall team play? Messi probably will bring in added goals from assists, plus the added boost from a big name signing will help! I wouldn't buy him, so perhaps I'm the odd one out, or just the odd one.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984mattyd Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 anybody gotten to hand pick a feeder club yet? tried my luck with the struggling and managerless inter milan but they said no yup I got to pick one, finally after 2 years and I picked dynamo from Croatia, with all the youth players over the years from there it was an easy pick for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gholliday87 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 yup I got to pick one, finally after 2 years and I picked dynamo from Croatia, with all the youth players over the years from there it was an easy pick for me I'd have gone for somewhere in Belgium...the kids coming out of there seem unreal! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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