lionel messi Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 3 hours ago, phnompenhandy said: What's the highest level opposition you can meet in cup competitions? When will you get entered in the FA Vase or FA Trophy and meet Vanarama teams? Im in the fa vase this season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 9 minutes ago, lionel messi said: Im in the fa vase this season I thought I could be in the FA Cup this season as well but it does not look like it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, lionel messi said: I thought I could be in the FA Cup this season as well but it does not look like it. That's the BIG one. Next year hopefully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 40 minutes ago, phnompenhandy said: That's the BIG one. Next year hopefully. hopefully I can get a bit of a cup run in the vase to get the debt level down a little Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 A nice youth that came through last season that a load of clubs are already trying to poach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 ^ Yeh, very nice. Exactly the sort I lose after giving him half a dozen competitive matches! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 I have got more league games to play this season, 34 in total. plus 3 cup competitions as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 4 hours ago, jwchriste said: I had a similar situation in FM17. Just wondering if any of the lower league managers using Dan's database ever had a successful tycoon takeover, while still in the very low levels. I'm only L14 at the moment. has the takeover gone through yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, lionel messi said: I have got more league games to play this season, 34 in total. plus 3 cup competitions as well. Level 10, right? I gotta looong way to go! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 1 minute ago, phnompenhandy said: Level 10, right? I gotta looong way to go! yes level 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwchriste Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 2 hours ago, lionel messi said: has the takeover gone through yet? Not yet. I kept getting the same two messages - interest cools, takeover on track - every couple days. Couldn't stay awake long enough for the takeover to reach its conclusion. Awake now, wife and kids away, nothing stopping me from making some real progress for the next couple days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 4 minutes ago, jwchriste said: Not yet. I kept getting the same two messages - interest cools, takeover on track - every couple days. Couldn't stay awake long enough for the takeover to reach its conclusion. Awake now, wife and kids away, nothing stopping me from making some real progress for the next couple days. *cough*worldcup*cough* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 1 minute ago, phnompenhandy said: *cough*worldcup*cough* haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwchriste Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, phnompenhandy said: *cough*worldcup*cough* Oh right. Isn't that the international beer pong championship? JK. I'm setting my work laptop next to me to stream the games today. And beer. I have beer with no responsibilities. These posts may get a bit rambling later on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwchriste Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Cha ching! Uh oh. I've never really played a fully professional club. First world problems now. I had a peek in the IGE - I now have an underwriter sugar daddy. Hopefully, I can improve my facilities considerably now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, jwchriste said: Cha ching! Uh oh. I've never really played a fully professional club. First world problems now. loads of money lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, jwchriste said: Cha ching! Uh oh. I've never really played a fully professional club. First world problems now. Wait an hour - Messi wil be going cheap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 1 minute ago, phnompenhandy said: Wait an hour - Messi wil be going cheap. im not going cheap lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Just now, lionel messi said: im not going cheap lol Ooops! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwchriste Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 5 minutes ago, lionel messi said: im not going cheap lol My new board will let me offer you £1.1k/week for a key player. That enough? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 1 minute ago, jwchriste said: My new board will let me offer you £1.1k/week for a key player. That enough? done deal lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 1 minute ago, lionel messi said: done deal lol this time pay your taxes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 500 games up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwchriste Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 L14 dusted and done: The big event was a tycoon takeover and £1.5M investment in the club. The club immediately turned professional and I was able to request upgraded training facilities. I've only signed 4 players to professional contracts so far and will only do it when in danger of losing someone important or if a viable upgrade is available. I have a £12k/wk budget and my highest paid player gets £375/wk so far. The board won't improve my youth facilities. I guess they want me to improve the club through the transfer market. I don't really need better players yet, so I'm going to keep requesting facilities upgrades as often as I can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 League & 2 Cups won plus a decent run in the FA Vase, FA Cup next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwchriste Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 L13 completed: I'm starting to find a club here and there in the cup competitions that are my equals or better. Angmering is one. They thrashed me in the MS Senior Cup Semi Final 4-1. I managed to beat them in the Sussex Intermediate Cup Finals 3-2, but it was a close, come-from-behind win. Still have £1M but we're bleeding about £40k/mo now. Plus, we're due to spend £750k on our second training facilities upgrade and I don't remember how much on our first youth facilities upgrade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 It seems to me the AI likes to throw up a random rival whoever you are. I got so frustrated when one club had poached 8 of my first-choice players in 18 months that I used the iGE to make them rivals that don't sign my players. The game promptly threw up another rival to nick my players even more intensely. I'm coming to the tail end of my season and needless to say, both rivals await me in cup finals. I could be facing anything up to 15 of my ex-players, one who are far better than what I've managed to replace them with! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Another clean sweep – the league was a stroll but a lot of cup ties went to extra time, three of them after I’d equalised in second-half stoppage time. Got a bit lucky there – the Belgium of the muddy cowfield, that’s what we are. Satisfying to see of my two bitter rivals in the last two ties though, facing up against no less than thirteen former players. Remarkably, the day before the last cup final my goalkeeper buggered off on holiday! Where did that come from?? I was left with my useless and untried 15 year old academy kid to deputise. We protected him well and still won though, so my current record is 83 games undefeated – not too shabby. I can accept important first teamers leaving me for league teams or high-ranking non-league sides, and they go with my blessings; however, in February after I’d secured another championship, 5 first-choice players including the vice-captain, who’s been with me four years left for a team a level below us. Why? Since I’ll never generate enough money to improve training facilities despite having decent coaches, the annual churn of good players moving on means that I’ll never improve the overall quality of my squad, at least until we go part-time and I can tie players down to contracts. I get the impression without being able to test it that my squad as it is might be about comparable with the bottom end of part-time football, so I don’t think I’m stuck under a glass ceiling. Anyway, by the start of next season I should have a brand spanking new stadium to boast. I get the feeling that over my sell-out of 50 spectators each home tie, there were as many again wanting to get in, so I’m anticipating an average crowd of about 100 or a bit more. That’ll never pay for the stadium – sorry council tax payers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwchriste Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 L12 done and finally leaving the MSFL behind. Lost about £250k this season, but I'm well within the generous budgets provided by my chairman so I expect they'll deposit enough funds to clear the debt and provide a cushion for next season. Being an underwriter sugar daddy, he has not let me spend any more on facilities, junior coaching, youth recruitment, etc., he just keeps me from going bankrupt. Can't complain about that - I have no problems signing a full squad with backups and youth players while keeping under budget. I'm being given £10k for player wages with £814k transfer budget. I'm currently spending £6.5k/wk for player wages and I haven't even needed the transfer budget. I haven't signed any staff to pro contracts yet either, so saving a bunch of money there. I'll start offering them contracts when they start leaving, but so far, I've only lost my scout which I wasn't really using anyway. My average attendance improved by +50/match over last season which is a dramatic single season increase for me. I averaged 220 this season which is helping to offset some of the player wages, but still need quite a few more fans to balance those books. I did have to drop the three-striker formation. We were still scoring a lot, but were starting to surrender more and more. Moved back to my 433 wide because one of my best youngsters was an AML and I needed to play him. It paid off - I scored less (a little less), but the goals-against dropped dramatically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 My updates will be slowing down and may even stop, I'm afraid. I accidentally got myself a bit of a job, plus as soon as the World Cup is over I'm taking my Cambodian wife to see my fictitious team in Rothesay, not having seen the old place myself in over 30 years. Damn real life; normal service will be resumed at some indefinite point in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howie8217 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Hey guys. In the past the previous fm files (level 22) have worked with the newest fms, would you think this file (not the save I’m currently playing) would work with FM19? With the leagues being different? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompeyboyz Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 42 minutes ago, Howie8217 said: Hey guys. In the past the previous fm files (level 22) have worked with the newest fms, would you think this file (not the save I’m currently playing) would work with FM19? With the leagues being different? We won't know until FM19 is out. Potentially there could be changes to the data that could disrupt the files. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howie8217 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Is dan taking a break from doing the file this year? Just asking so I know weather to get FM19 or not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grade Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 6 hours ago, Howie8217 said: Is dan taking a break from doing the file this year? Just asking so I know weather to get FM19 or not I think Dan said he was doing research for potential FM19 version of this file, a few weeks ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I'm running a test on my current laptop to see the geographical make up of the leagues ten seasons into the game before I get my new laptop soon and start a proper save. I'm still going, but I have noticed that even though I have only loaded the top eight tiers (down to the Isthmian/Southern/Northern Premier regional first divisions) a lot of the minor cups below these tiers are active in the game. Is there any way to get rid of these? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crplz Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 11 minutes ago, Nobby_McDonald said: I'm running a test on my current laptop to see the geographical make up of the leagues ten seasons into the game before I get my new laptop soon and start a proper save. I'm still going, but I have noticed that even though I have only loaded the top eight tiers (down to the Isthmian/Southern/Northern Premier regional first divisions) a lot of the minor cups below these tiers are active in the game. Is there any way to get rid of these? You can set what level needs to be active to make individual competitions active in the editor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortheus Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 On 13/06/2018 at 07:43, phnompenhandy said: Seems kinda right for level 22 image host I think I've also inadvertently stumbled onto the perfect tactic for this level. Previously I had a lone striker; now I've got 3. So the simple tactic is to have the other 7 players welly the ball up the park at every opportunity for 3 speedy guys to run onto. The defence don't know who to mark and they get overwhelmed. At some point someone will work out they need to sit deep, but for now it's fish in a barrel. I just started from level 22, yet somehow I have a stadium with all the benches etc. How come? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 29 minutes ago, Crplz said: You can set what level needs to be active to make individual competitions active in the editor. So am I right with the following? There is a list of the English competitions, and there is a column saying "if selected division is at least". I then type in there the level I want. So for example, if I only want the Sterry Cup to feature at Level 11 or below, I type Level 11 into that box. Is that correct? So if I only select the top 8 levels for example, it won't be loaded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwchriste Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Mortheus said: I just started from level 22, yet somehow I have a stadium with all the benches etc. How come? I think most of the teams have a default stadium capacity of 1000, which shows up as a rather advanced stadium graphically. @phnompenhandy set his stadium capacity to 50 which is why his stadium isn't showing any terraces/seating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 3 hours ago, jwchriste said: I think most of the teams have a default stadium capacity of 1000, which shows up as a rather advanced stadium graphically. @phnompenhandy set his stadium capacity to 50 which is why his stadium isn't showing any terraces/seating. nowhere near even filling the 1000 stadium yet, I did get just over 900 in a FA cup tie though lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Howie8217 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Hey going off track. Last year fm I managed to find all Man Utd players in fm (former included). But now I can’t remember how I did can someone help me find a way please thanks. I’m in too minds to start agen!!!! Wana add a Man Utd reserve like Plymouth argyle have a reserve team. So I can put my prospects in there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Promotion to Level 8 & a good run in the cups. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Just browsing through the leagues and noticed Blackpool are getting relegated to level 8, such a fall from grace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 On 09/07/2018 at 23:15, Nobby_McDonald said: So am I right with the following? There is a list of the English competitions, and there is a column saying "if selected division is at least". I then type in there the level I want. So for example, if I only want the Sterry Cup to feature at Level 11 or below, I type Level 11 into that box. Is that correct? So if I only select the top 8 levels for example, it won't be loaded. Am I right with this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 On 09/07/2018 at 23:15, Nobby_McDonald said: So am I right with the following? There is a list of the English competitions, and there is a column saying "if selected division is at least". I then type in there the level I want. So for example, if I only want the Sterry Cup to feature at Level 11 or below, I type Level 11 into that box. Is that correct? So if I only select the top 8 levels for example, it won't be loaded. Am I right with this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwchriste Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 L11 finished: Very successful. No real challenge this season. Outscored the opposition 105-13 in league play using an asymmetrical 433 (2 ST, AML). Previous investment in youth coaching/recruitment is starting to pay off. Some of those youngsters are ascending to the first team now - 1 DC, 1 MC, 1 AML, 1 ST. The striker is wonderful, but he won't sign a new contract because our club's stature doesn't meet his ambition. Hopefully we start getting some FA Cup/Vase action next season to help with the finances. My board keeps injecting cash, but just enough to cover our expenses. They won't let me spend on any new improvements. All my staff are still on amateur contracts. I tried to sign some of them, but they all want more than my board will allow in salary. I need to start making a profit before my staff start leaving. I've been lucky so far - since my team became professional, only my scout left and I wasn't really using him so I haven't tried to replace him. Oh, and my U18s made it to the 5th round of the FA Youth Cup. Got knocked out by the Chelsea U18s. Not bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel messi Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 3 hours ago, jwchriste said: L11 finished: Very successful. No real challenge this season. Outscored the opposition 105-13 in league play using an asymmetrical 433 (2 ST, AML). Previous investment in youth coaching/recruitment is starting to pay off. Some of those youngsters are ascending to the first team now - 1 DC, 1 MC, 1 AML, 1 ST. The striker is wonderful, but he won't sign a new contract because our club's stature doesn't meet his ambition. Hopefully we start getting some FA Cup/Vase action next season to help with the finances. My board keeps injecting cash, but just enough to cover our expenses. They won't let me spend on any new improvements. All my staff are still on amateur contracts. I tried to sign some of them, but they all want more than my board will allow in salary. I need to start making a profit before my staff start leaving. I've been lucky so far - since my team became professional, only my scout left and I wasn't really using him so I haven't tried to replace him. Oh, and my U18s made it to the 5th round of the FA Youth Cup. Got knocked out by the Chelsea U18s. Not bad. you should be in the FA Vase at level 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyisatard Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Gonna fire this up again over the weekend with all the updates since I last used it should be good! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwchriste Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 17 hours ago, lionel messi said: you should be in the FA Vase at level 10 Ya, I got the Vase this season. When does the FA Cup start? L9? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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