Krald Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Ah, well I don't really know what to advise! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microlite Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 OMFG, I took over salisbury city they are 2nd bottom on 6points played around 11games. I take a look at the table, BOOM! tooting and mitcham are fighting for the title....WITH MY TEAM! every player i bought is more or less still their and their doing amazing, thats happened to me TWICE now! :@ :@ :@ The game TRULLY hates me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 OMFG, I took over salisbury city they are 2nd bottom on 6points played around 11games. I take a look at the table, BOOM! tooting and mitcham are fighting for the title....WITH MY TEAM! every player i bought is more or less still their and their doing amazing, thats happened to me TWICE now! :@ :@ :@The game TRULLY hates me! You arent giving it long enough, thats why. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GioGio85 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 OMFG, I took over salisbury city they are 2nd bottom on 6points played around 11games. I take a look at the table, BOOM! tooting and mitcham are fighting for the title....WITH MY TEAM! every player i bought is more or less still their and their doing amazing, thats happened to me TWICE now! :@ :@ :@The game TRULLY hates me! Why did you leave?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microlite Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 I left because the board minimised my wage budget, and wouldent let me renew key players contracts :S Just gonna restart on a new game and ill stick with a team fully now (well ill try) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I left because the board minimised my wage budget, and wouldent let me renew key players contracts :S Your complaining about that. Jesus. When I was Droylsden I took over in Nov 2009. I had £5k transfer budget and £5k wage budget. At the start of the second season I thought I would get the same even though we were £250k in the red. I was wrong I got £3.8k wage budget and no transfer budget. My budget only allowed me to have 18 players up until february. one of my strikers got an injury which meant he was out for 6 months. I also got players picking up injuries where they were out for a few weeks. I still got promoted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vell1980 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Your problem seems to be that you're doing some serious squad maintenance every season. It takes time for a new squad to gel and play well together. If you get rid of half the team because their dead wood and bring a whole bunch of new people in, they are not going to play well together, your players will be fearing for their jobs so morale will be low, and there will be no squad harmony. The secret to a long term LLM game is patience. Replace only a few players each season to keep morale and hormony high, work your way up the league slowly (ie, first season avoid releagation, second season aim for midtable, third season aim for top half, fourth season at a club look for promotion). Or, if you do feel it's necessary to get rid and replace a large number of players, then accept that your first season after this will pretty much be a write off. Try to avoid relegation. That's it. Then the following seasons, once your players have learned to work with each other, you may be able to make an impact on the league. One thing I've particularly noticed at LLM is the importance of matching squad personalities. If your team is generally determined, signing a good non-determined player will actually be worse for your team than signing a moderate determined player. Pay attention to your scout reports on personalities and only make moves for the ones that best fit into your squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microlite Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Yeh, but that save hated me no joke :O id get beat from non league teams in the fa trophy etc which was a joke :S Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microlite Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Your problem seems to be that you're doing some serious squad maintenance every season. It takes time for a new squad to gel and play well together. If you get rid of half the team because their dead wood and bring a whole bunch of new people in, they are not going to play well together, your players will be fearing for their jobs so morale will be low, and there will be no squad harmony. The secret to a long term LLM game is patience. Replace only a few players each season to keep morale and hormony high, work your way up the league slowly (ie, first season avoid releagation, second season aim for midtable, third season aim for top half, fourth season at a club look for promotion).Or, if you do feel it's necessary to get rid and replace a large number of players, then accept that your first season after this will pretty much be a write off. Try to avoid relegation. That's it. Then the following seasons, once your players have learned to work with each other, you may be able to make an impact on the league. One thing I've particularly noticed at LLM is the importance of matching squad personalities. If your team is generally determined, signing a good non-determined player will actually be worse for your team than signing a moderate determined player. Pay attention to your scout reports on personalities and only make moves for the ones that best fit into your squad. I dont trust scouts until im in the championship, reason being ive had multiple reports saying that so and so 15 year old will be a leading championship player, when he turned 19 his stats were still more or less 1nes :S Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Yeh, but that save hated me no joke :O id get beat from non league teams in the fa trophy etc which was a joke :S No its not a joke. Those teams will want to beat you because you are meant to be better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I dont trust scouts until im in the championship, reason being ive had multiple reports saying that so and so 15 year old will be a leading championship player, when he turned 19 his stats were still more or less 1nes :S Where has he mentioned scouts in that. Ive read it twice and cant see anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GioGio85 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Id agree with Vell, the 1st season in the lower leagues is generally a struggle as you have to put your team of odds and ends together and get them working effectively. In the 2nd season your team woudl have gelled and you will hopefully have learnt how to use some (if not all - although probably unrealistic) of your players effectively. Trouble is, as you have identified, wage structures can be tough, so you may have to get rid of some players and bring in new stars. Thus the challenge of lower leaguemanagement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Id agree with Vell, the 1st season in the lower leagues is generally a struggle as you have to put your team of odds and ends together and get them working effectively. In the 2nd season your team woudl have gelled and you will hopefully have learnt how to use some (if not all - although probably unrealistic) of your players effectively. Trouble is, as you have identified, wage structures can be tough, so you may have to get rid of some players and bring in new stars. Thus the challenge of lower leaguemanagement Yes a challenge that I enjoy and im good at because its not to hard tactically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microlite Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Im just gonna restart, and holiday mode it for 1 season then grab a team thats just came up from the Ryman lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GioGio85 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Yes a challenge that I enjoy and im good at because its not to hard tactically. I don't know - there is still a art to tactics in lower league management. Its an art in itself in knowing how to approach the BSS/BSN/BSP - I am sure there are some managers that try and keep a creative, short passing game going at that level which in my experience doesnt work. Also, you still need to know how to close out games when you are winning, and how to chase a game (while not conceding more) when losing! Easier said than done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vell1980 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Where has he mentioned scouts in that. Ive read it twice and cant see anything. Last paragraph, I mention paying attention to the personality part of the scout report, as this is the only way you can learn about some of the hidden attributes (unless you cheat ) such as professionalism, sportsmanship, etc. A lot of the scout reports you have to take with a pinch of salt, particularly LLM, but they do get the personalities right, at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vell1980 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Im just gonna restart, and holiday mode it for 1 season then grab a team thats just came up from the Ryman lol Good luck, and let us know how you get on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Last paragraph, I mention paying attention to the personality part of the scout report, as this is the only way you can learn about some of the hidden attributes (unless you cheat ) such as professionalism, sportsmanship, etc. A lot of the scout reports you have to take with a pinch of salt, particularly LLM, but they do get the personalities right, at least. Ok I did read it, just missed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microlite Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Just beenhired as manager of Wealdstone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GioGio85 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Just beenhired as manager of Wealdstone Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabioke Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 If you want to have succes play with Dover they have a great stadion and a big fanbase. First season went so easy that it felt like cheating. I believed that it was because I could scout in France. Our surname was the French Legion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microlite Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Best striker i could actually find was Lee Mcevily....hes so crap hes missed 3 open goals for me in 2 games....wow ;S And screw this, 14 games played, 0 goals scored..... id rather die! Redo again, and i think ill take that offer from favioke and have a try with dover Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebaker Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 the best idea for bss is to offer FT contracts to all your best players, makes a huge difference, usually it only takes £20-30 more than P/T contracts. get in players who have high stamina, strength and pace. I always play a 442 with direct passing. Eastleigh are a strong side because of their facilities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishu Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Try using a downloaded tactic if aren't too good tactically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabioke Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Good luck Microlite... I'm sure that after the first season with Dover your nickname will change into Macrolite. Have fun with Real Dover! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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