The New FMCU General Discussion Thread

[Deisler26]

1 minute ago, withnail316 said:

I always thought Mexico was central America too, but it's actually a part of the North. 

Ssshh... don't tell Delta

[BoxToBox]

8 minutes ago, withnail316 said:

I always thought Mexico was central America too, but it's actually a part of the North. 

Aye, apologies, it's North indeed.

[withnail316]

Just now, BoxToBox said:

Aye, apologies, it's North indeed.

Not really sure why that was important to me at the time, but hey ho! 

Mexico is a fun place to manage. The scene of my harshest ever sacking, I think.

[BoxToBox]

League structure is a bit bonkers, and it's a shame they don't still compete in the Copa Libertadores.

[deltablue]

On 14/10/2018 at 14:42, oriole01 said:

@deltablue Are you going to put the "featured" tags on the award winners from this year like you did last year? It's a nice touch imo.

Just done.

On 14/10/2018 at 15:46, withnail316 said:

I always thought Mexico was central America too, but it's actually a part of the North. 

 

On 14/10/2018 at 15:48, Deisler26 said:

Ssshh... don't tell Delta

 

On 14/10/2018 at 15:55, BoxToBox said:

Aye, apologies, it's North indeed.

I'm not actually that fussed (though I do consider it the North), it's my dad who denies that 'Central America' even exists.

[BoxToBox]

2 hours ago, deltablue said:

I'm not actually that fussed (though I do consider it the North), it's my dad who denies that 'Central America' even exists.

I tried that with France, once... le sigh.

[Nobby_McDonald]

I also thought Mexico was in Central America. Every day is a school day.

[noikeee]

It's central as in there's countries above in the north and other countries below in the south. Just like the US is central in relation to Canada and Mexico.

Trust me, I know globes.

[rodesire]

37 minutes ago, noikeee said:

It's central as in there's countries above in the north and other countries below in the south. Just like the US is central in relation to Canada and Mexico.

Trust me, I know globes.

Now, where is my Canada globe just to check you're not lying 

[Jimbokav1971]

I used to think I knew what the globe looked like until one particular episode of the West Wing.

This is going to blow your mind.  (or as I'm old, they probably use the new map in schools now and it's just old people like me who don't know what the World actually looks like).

 

Edited October 16, 2018 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Has anyone ever seen a map or a list of Basque football clubs, (must include France)?

[ToMexico!!]

8 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Has anyone ever seen a map or a list of Basque football clubs, (must include France)?

Think I searched before and found a list on wiki.

Edit - Spanish basque one is quite easy to find, french basque not so. I remember seeing Bayonne, Biarritz and Anglet as playable or potentially playable clubs from France. 

Edited October 16, 2018 by ToMexico!!
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[withnail316]

2 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Has anyone ever seen a map or a list of Basque football clubs, (must include France)?

The Basque region in France is more of a rugby union area than football, tbh.

There aren't many football clubs (unlike over the border in Spain) but from memory there's FC Pau, Aviron Bayonne, Biarritz and Tarbes Pyrénées. I think at least a couple of those are in the 4th tier.

Edited October 16, 2018 by withnail316

[withnail316]

@Jimbokav1971 FC Pau are actually in the third tier, so available straight out the box.

[Jimbokav1971]

52 minutes ago, withnail316 said:

@Jimbokav1971 FC Pau are actually in the third tier, so available straight out the box.

Cheers. That's brilliant. 

As an ex egg-chaser I'm particularly keen on that area for obvious reasons. Was going to give France a go in FM18 but other than a brief little dabble in the middle I never really managed it.

Pau....... 

[withnail316]

44 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Cheers. That's brilliant. 

As an ex egg-chaser I'm particularly keen on that area for obvious reasons. Was going to give France a go in FM18 but other than a brief little dabble in the middle I never really managed it.

Pau....... 

So a Basque theme is your plan for 19 then? A journey from the bottom to one of the three big Basque sides, perhaps? (Might be a stretch to include Osasuna with the two giants, but still.)

Edited October 16, 2018 by withnail316

[BoxToBox]

3 hours ago, withnail316 said:

The Basque region in France is more of a rugby union area than football, tbh.

There aren't many football clubs (unlike over the border in Spain) but from memory there's FC Pau, Aviron Bayonne, Biarritz and Tarbes Pyrénées. I think at least a couple of those are in the 4th tier.

Bayonne Crioses is another, there are a few more lower/non-league clubs too, but I can't remember names offhand.

[Jimbokav1971]

30 minutes ago, withnail316 said:

So a Basque theme is your plan for 19 then? A journey from the bottom to one of the three big Basque sides, perhaps? (Might be a stretch to include Osasuna with the two giants, but still.)

It's certainly something I'm considering. At the moment I am considering setting myself up as a Manager with Basque as a 2nd Nationality, starting as low as I can out of the box and then playing as a Youth Development style Manager but opening up the idea of Journeyman only as far as it extends to other Basque clubs. If I get sacked, (I always struggle with a new game), and there are no Basque clubs interested, I might then open up non-Basque clubs but with the same signing rules as before, (so just HG + Basque).

6 minutes ago, BoxToBox said:

Bayonne Crioses is another, there are a few more lower/non-league clubs too, but I can't remember names offhand.

Yeah. I would love to have a proper go with an edited database with a really really lowly Basque club, but if I do that I will probably have to skip an edition of FM, (not that I;m not willing to do that as I have done it before). 

Options at the moment are...

• Gibraltar managing an ex Barnet teenager. (Not sure that Gibraltar is playable in the demo which is a shame). 
• Iceland Youth Only. (Probably looking like a hot favourite for the demo at the moment).
• Barnet Youth based. 
• Basque
• Regensburg Youth based in Germany. (Don't think I'm capable of doing Youth Only in Germany). 
• South American journeyman. 

At some point I've got to do a lower league France save. It's been on the list for so long that I've just got to do it. 

 

 

[Makoto Nakamura]

Definitely should have done a proper San Marino save this year, started a small one a couple of days ago and I've grown attached to our star striker.

192 appearances, 254 goals, 166 assists and 91 MotM awards and he's only just about to turn 21!

[rodesire]

57 minutes ago, Makoto Nakamura said:

192 appearances, 254 goals, 166 assists and 91 MotM awards and he's only just about to turn 21!

That's a monster statline and he's not even that amazing

[Jimbokav1971]

13 goals in 35 appearances for San Marino is possibly more impressive. 

[rodesire]

1 minute ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

13 goals in 35 appearances for San Marino is possibly more impressive. 

I assume Nations league matches against minnnows help a bit

[Makoto Nakamura]

4 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

13 goals in 35 appearances for San Marino is possibly more impressive. 

 

3 minutes ago, rodesire said:

I assume Nations league matches against minnnows help a bit

I've been in charge of San Marino for just over 2 years now so all but one of those goals have been under my management. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Who's database yo you use @Makoto Nakamura?

If I was going to do one I think it would take me 2 years to do it justice, (but I'm up for that in the right save). 

[Makoto Nakamura]

1 minute ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Who's database yo you use @Makoto Nakamura?

If I was going to do one I think it would take me 2 years to do it justice, (but I'm up for that in the right save). 

Claassen's. Although when I manage San Giovanni in FM19 I'll be editing Claassen's database so the Sammarinese sides have a reserve team as well as an U19 team.

[Makoto Nakamura]

Might I also suggest loading every European league on view-only? I only have San Marino as playable and the rest (all of Claassen's European leagues) as view-only and this was the 2024/25 Europa League group stage, some smaller teams in it already! (Last season saw Brentford make the Quarter Finals!)

Even the Champions League had a Europa League looking group! (Group D)

[Jimbokav1971]

I'm not saying we started this but...... 

 

[Minuy600]

9 hours ago, Makoto Nakamura said:

Might I also suggest loading every European league on view-only? I only have San Marino as playable and the rest (all of Claassen's European leagues) as view-only and this was the 2024/25 Europa League group stage, some smaller teams in it already! (Last season saw Brentford make the Quarter Finals!)

Could've told me before I started my permanent save on FM17 

(Just kidding, it's not that important to me. I'll keep it in mind for future saves on 17, if there's gonna be any)

[rodesire]

2 hours ago, Minuy600 said:

Could've told me before I started my permanent save on FM17 

(Just kidding, it's not that important to me. I'll keep it in mind for future saves on 17, if there's gonna be any)

Yeah, I have to agree, having extra nations and ticking the `players in continental competition teams` has really improved the game balance away from big5.

[Makoto Nakamura]

 He had a pretty good game.  

[Minuy600]

1 minute ago, Makoto Nakamura said:

 He had a pretty good game.  

What!

 

...What!

[Jimbokav1971]

On 16/10/2018 at 19:39, BoxToBox said:

Bayonne Crioses is another, there are a few more lower/non-league clubs too, but I can't remember names offhand.

I've just looked at the database we downloaded for that French lower league thingy and that seems to work with your Newgens at Avirons have Basque 2nd Nationality for example, but if I look at the starting squad for Pau on the other hand, not a single player has Basque as a 2nd Nationality. 

Who created the database we used?

If you still have that save, would you mind having a look and seeing if Pau generated Basque players in it please? 

[Edit]

Don't worry, it was Claasen and I've checked and for some reason the smaller clubs in the edited part of the database, (such as your Aviron Bayonne), produce Basque youngsters, but Pau who are in the Basque Country and playable out of box do not. That's sooooooo frustrating. 

Edited October 18, 2018 by Jimbokav1971

[BoxToBox]

3 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I've just looked at the database we downloaded for that French lower league thingy and that seems to work with your Newgens at Avirons have Basque 2nd Nationality for example, but if I look at the starting squad for Pau on the other hand, not a single player has Basque as a 2nd Nationality. 

Who created the database we used?

If you still have that save, would you mind having a look and seeing if Pau generated Basque players in it please? 

[Edit]

Don't worry, it was Claasen and I've checked and for some reason the smaller clubs in the edited part of the database, (such as your Aviron Bayonne), produce Basque youngsters, but Pau who are in the Basque Country and playable out of box do not. That's sooooooo frustrating. 

I had been thinking of it since, I knew there must be a reason I didn't have Pau shortlisted as a Basque club.

EDIT: It's very rare, but Basque newgens can pop up at any French club, fwiw, I've seen them at PSG, Toulouse, and random non-Basque lower league clubs.

[Jimbokav1971]

Just now, BoxToBox said:

I had been thinking of it since, I knew there must be a reason I didn't have Pau shortlisted as a Basque club.

It's because Pau is not actually in Basque Country but an adjoining region called The Bearn. I've been looking into it this Afternoon. Interesting, bit not good news at least as far as a French Basque only FM19 save is concerned. I loved what you did with Aviron Bayonnes though and might give that a go when Claasen sorts the database out again depending on what happens with wherever I start. 

[BoxToBox]

1 minute ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

It's because Pau is not actually in Basque Country but an adjoining region called The Bearn. I've been looking into it this Afternoon. Interesting, bit not good news at least as far as a French Basque only FM19 save is concerned. I loved what you did with Aviron Bayonnes though and might give that a go when Claasen sorts the database out again depending on what happens with wherever I start. 

Ahh, that explains it, be worth a crack when the databases are out, quickly became one of my favourite things to do in FM.

[Jimbokav1971]

You can't select Basque as a 2nd Nationality for your Manager. 

[Jimbokav1971]

France National 2 is in the standard database. 

That's an upgrade isn't it? 

[Makoto Nakamura]

So we've lost the German 3rd tier but we've gained the French 4th tier, Norwegian 4th tier and Romanian 3rd tier.

Never mind. We haven't really gained those tiers.

Edited October 18, 2018 by Makoto Nakamura

[DazRTaylor]

I think I am going to give the @dafugechallenge a real go this year.

[ToMexico!!]

Whyyyy does the Beta have to drop now? I'm loving my Brda save so much  

[Scoham]

43 minutes ago, DazRTaylor said:

I think I am going to give the @dafugechallenge a real go this year.

Anyone know what the England league reset date is?

[Minuy600]

1 hour ago, Makoto Nakamura said:

So we've lost the German 3rd tier but we've gained the French 4th tier, Norwegian 4th tier and Romanian 3rd tier.

Never mind. We haven't really gained those tiers.

Lost the 3. Liga? Oh dear.

At least give us the Tweede Divisie and Welsh First Division

Are the National 2 and Regionalligaen playable straight out of the box?

[forameuss]

Hoping to make my (totally not) long-awaited return to FMCU with a thread tonight.  Have missed writing for here, and hoping having to do that will keep my interest in the game a little longer than with 18.  Going to try and make things a little different too, rather than just endless screenshots with obvious accompanying text.

Oh, and Hamish Glengarrie is back.

Edited October 19, 2018 by forameuss

[DazRTaylor]

13 hours ago, Scoham said:

Anyone know what the England league reset date is?

Previous versions has been 25 June.  So save at 24 June.  I would holiday until 1 June and then save every week until that date.

[Jimbokav1971]

31 minutes ago, forameuss said:

Hoping to make my (totally not) long-awaited return to FMCU with a thread tonight.  Have missed writing for here, and hoping having to do that will keep my interest in the game a little longer than with 18.  Going to try and make things a little different too, rather than just endless screenshots with obvious accompanying text.

Oh, and Hamish Glengarrie is back.

We've missed reading your posts more than you've missed writing them. 

[Wavelberry]

38 minutes ago, forameuss said:

Hoping to make my (totally not) long-awaited return to FMCU with a thread tonight.  Have missed writing for here, and hoping having to do that will keep my interest in the game a little longer than with 18.  Going to try and make things a little different too, rather than just endless screenshots with obvious accompanying text.

Oh, and Hamish Glengarrie is back.

YAAASSSSS KWEEN

[Nottingham Forest]

English league reset date is still 25th June

[Wavelberry]

And the Italian one is the 30th I believe. 29th or 30th anyways.

[Jimbokav1971]

Is the Beta meant to have sound?

[ToMexico!!]

This is taking some getting used to, not feeling it at the minute. I'm going back to 18 until this is fully out and then I can start the save I really want to when the editor is available.