Sean3h Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 My Cazorla has.... 33 (1) games played in all competitions so far, 13 goals (0 pens), 14 assists, 5 motms, 3 yellow cards, 88% pass success, 0.63 dribbles, 7.35 average rating. He's playing as a trequartista for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Sean, do you play 4-2-3-1? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean3h Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 I will be next season due to the update, but I'm currently using the tactic from http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/318271-Assymetrical-2-2-2-2-2-EPL-Win-with-Swansea-1st-season. - I was getting rather annoyed with my own tactic so decided to go for a bit of a plug and play. With the first version of the ME in the beta I was trying a narrow 4-2-3-1 however found that Cazorla got completely surrounded in the middle (by both his own players and the opposing team), so having a more open formation suits him more I feel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 ha! De Matteo just got the sack in November, and Torres wants to leave and is only valued at 10 million, making a cheeky enquiry to see how much they want for him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984mattyd Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 ha! De Matteo just got the sack in November, and Torres wants to leave and is only valued at 10 million, making a cheeky enquiry to see how much they want for him january transfer window just finished, hes on transfer list for £750k thats the 2nd season and his value is £4mill, and now rotting in the reserves lol! on another note i drought vidal from juventus for 40mill and hes been outstanding, the ox has been scoring and assisting none stop all season(20 goals, 13 assists in 31 appearances!!!) and wilshere has been performing and now cazorla is sitting on the bench which ramsay doesnt make and in the summer cazorla is going to be sold Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Premier League: Southampton(H) 3-2 Win, Norwich(A) 3-0 Win, West Ham(H) 1-1, QPR(A) 3-1 Win, Everton(H) 1-0 Win, Man City(A) 2-0 Loss, Spurs(H) 2-0 Win, Aston Villa(H) 2-0 Win, Newcastle(A) 2-1 Win Capital One Cup: Chelsea(A) 2-1 Loss Champions League: Gladbach(A) 1-1, Galatasaray(A) 2-1 Loss, Zenit(H) 2-1 Win My player stats; Most Goals - Giroud and Podolski 10 Most Assists - Wilshere with 9 MOTM - Vermaelen with 5 Pass completion - Ramsey 89% tackles per game - Arteta 4.83 shots on target - Arshavin and Mertesacker with 100% average rating - Vermaelen 7.63 Plans for transfer window - Sell Rosicky and Mertesacker as I have no use for them, and bring in Torres and maybe any good youngsters I see about Wilshere named European golden boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Team is falling apart now, either I'm winning unconvincingly or losing. Ba has lost form, Cazorla still cannot play and I'm relying on Woj a lot to save me. My main issue is the full backs. Gibbs especially, I just lost 4-1 to Juventus and it was his fault. He just doesnt tackle or close down or do anything. I know the ME is woeful with regards to defending, but is anyone else having this problem atm? Should have just stuck with 12 really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Signed Falcao for 28 million, possibly raising to 52 million if he bags 30 goals and 40 appearances, 600k after 25 league goals in a season, and 1.5m if he is ever top goalscorer or in TOTY. First game he gets 2, second game he has a 17 minute hattrick before half time :') Ledesma got left out of the CL squad when I autopicked it, so now he is negetive whenever he is playing and I speak to the team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Season Update - 12th March Transfers in - Falcao 28 million, raising to 52, Baines 14 million, James Ward Prowse 5 million, Transfers Out - Mertesacker 7.5 million to Leverkusen, the usual youngster loans Fixtures Squad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 hi sold Santos as I don't rate him irl, looking at bringing in baines and have gibbs as rotation. is baines worth 17m plus? cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Baines has been fine for me, and will be a good tutor for Gibbs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 That's a lot of money for a man who is still a limited player. Look at how much Barcelona paid for Jordi Alba - £12m Maybe Jetro Willems, Dennis Aogo, Natxo Monreal or Marko Schmelzer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalumF Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 I have Gibbs and Luke Shaw in from Southampton for 7m. Young with bags of potential. Also Vermaelen does a good shift at lb. Santos sold straight away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Also bought Shaw at the start of the season, gonna loan him out for the next 2/3 seasons and then get him in some cup games. Been giving 9 million for the new season which is not surprising considering the cash I spashed on Falcao, however Neymar, Hamsik, Dede, Young, Milner and Adler are all transfer listed, but I only really need to strengthen my defence with only 3 cbs in the squad. Santos wanting 37 million and Man Utd blew me out of the water with a 42 million, any slim hopes I had of waiting it out for a bit more funds is gone, and UNited are stronger for next season after scraping to 4th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
css_matt Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Take a chance on Solly, he will not disappoint! Arsenal fan & English. Not much going forward, but a decent enough defender with time to develop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 where is he from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Resigned Alex Song for 9 million Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dily Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 season 1 complete- won Pl Lost CL final to barca CC semi lost to united FA cup- 4th round Players in Robbie Cotton-2.5 mill Zakkariya Bakkali-1 mill Ibrahima Sy-3 mill Players out- Arteta -10 mill Diaby- 6 mill Bendtner- 5 mill Dinilson 5 mill Park-1 mill Rosicky- 1 mill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 Resigned Alex Song for 9 million did you miss him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigman Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 i'm really struggling with the demo, anyone else? lost all my pre season games lol any advice on tactics? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 i'm really struggling with the demo, anyone else? lost all my pre season games lol any advice on tactics? what are you doing currently? need a bit more information to go on to help you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigman Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 either a 4 4 1 1, 4 2 3 1 or 4 2 2 2 as i did in 12, nut it seems players move back instead of tackling and let the opposition through constantly and move away from the ball! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 yeah some match engine issues still being sorted - otherwise what else are you doing - cos me and you could do hundreds of different things with those formations Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 did you miss him? damn straight I did! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
css_matt Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 So, the second season begin. I kick off with a fully fit squad. GK - Scznesny RB - Chris Solly -- 4.5m CB - Mats Hummels -- 12.5m CB - Thomas Vermaelen LB - Keiran Gibbs MRC - Jack Wilshere MRL - Aaron Ramsey AMR - Oxlade-Chamberlain AMC - Mario Gotze -- 30m AML - Neymar -- 60m ST - Falcao -- 28m S1 - Lukask Fabianski S2 - Bacary Sagna S3 - Per Mertesacker S4 - Abou Diaby S5 - Santi Cazorla S6 - Lukas Podolski S7 - Olivier Giroud SQ - Mikel Arteta SQ - Doria =========== Lose first game of the season 3-0 to West Brom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazoat Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 If anyone is a few seasons in would they mind posting a SS on how Oxlade-Chamberlain has developed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
error Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 So I thought I would do a quick new game before tomorrow to play about a bit. Having not had much luck with 4-2-3-1 playing 2 wide men, never have in any version, I have switch to the 4-1-2-1-2 diamond that served me so well in fm12. Still only pre-season but transfers so far In Stevan Jovetic - £22m Out Gerv £12m Arshavin - £7.5m Chamakh - £6.5m Will update when I have played a bit more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
css_matt Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Find it annoying how I can make it till december with just 1 loss in all competitions then cant buy a win throughout the month 6 games without a win now.. Was joint first with City, now about 5th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 Nearly there everyone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I look forward to this thread bursting into live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 I look forward to this thread bursting into live me too, been rather quiet so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I have a Chelsea single player save but tonight at midnight I will be starting a network game with my mate. I will be Arsenal, he shall be Spurs. I will update how things go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 good luck Ty, let us know how you get on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugster Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I'm gonna wait till tomorrow morning till I start. I couldn't get any good out of Santi in particular but I didn't give it much effort. I will want someone to play as an advanced playmaker on the left. Hopefully Diego Peotti won't cost much or even Isco would do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-Williams Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I bought Falcao as I do not believe Giroud is a decent enough striker to be first choice. So I made a decision and jut went for Falcao for 52million. He's got 2 in 3 and is looking good. My question is who else has had him and how do you get the best out of him? I want to build my team around him and have sold arshavin, chamakh, gervinho. I play him up front on his own with cazorla, ox and podolski behind him. Played 3 and drawn 3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalumF Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Bought Lewandowski and doing well for me. 7 goals in 13 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Bought Lewandowski and doing well for me. 7 goals in 13 games. I bought him in the beta , he was immense in front of goal on my save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalumF Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I bought him in the beta , he was immense in front of goal on my save. Just scored 2 more in a 2-1 win over Man Utd. Got him for 29m. Lot of money but if anyone looking for a striker he is one to look out for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Hi just started a new game , I have not signed many players apart from Jetro Willems at left back , Im undecided if I need another midfielder as a cover for Arteta who plays in a 3 man midfield just behind carzorla in amc. He plays as a CM on deep lying playmaker on a defend role but if he gets injured Im not sure who to put there? , can Wilshire play that role or should I buy someone? cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugster Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Ramsey will be great at that role mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 thanks just checked his attributes not much different from Arteta bar positioning and marking which are slightly lower. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max787 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I'll be starting a new game once I have time to download the full version, but on the beta this was my team 4-4-1-1 (ML + MR offer much more protection to the fullbacks but it is basically a 4-2-3-1 in attack) Rigid, direct, less creative freedom, more pressing. GK - Chez RB (WB auto) - Sagna LB (WB auto) - Honda (awesome LB once retrained) CD (CB defend) - Kos CD (CB defend) - Verms RM (Winger attack) - Chamberlain LM (Winger attack) - Wilshere CM (DLP support) - Arteta CM (DLP support) - Hamsik CAM (Treq) - Cazorla ST (Poacher) - Giroud ------ Backups: GK - Mannone RB - Jenks LB - Gibbs CB - Mert, Djourou RM - Theo LM - Podolski CM - Ramsey, Coquelin CAM - Rossi ST - Rossi, and a regen Rosicky is my utility man, he offers extra cover for all midfield positions. Coquelin offers emergency FB cover. I've been playing FM since 2005 and this was the first time that I've ever used a 4-4-1-1 and I loved it! I've always played 4-5-1 or 4-2-3-1, but defensively the 4-4-1-1 was very satisfying I was also surprised at how nice the football was in a rigid environment with low creative freedom, I've come to the conclusion that having players with high flair will ensure nice football regardless of creative freedom, but keeping it low really helps the defensive side of things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max787 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 For my new game I'll be looking for some young players in certain positions, this is what I have in mind so far, does anyone have any suggestions? GK - not needed RB - Aurier perhaps? CB - Zouma looks awesome, I'll try and get him, I'll sell Djourou to make space. LB - Shaw from Southampton has really high potential, but his stats are crap to be honest, has anyone tried him? RM - Not needed, Chambo and Theo are young. LM - A young backup for Wilshere would be nice, any suggestions? CM - Not needed immediately, but I'll be on the lookout for a good, young DLP CAM - Not needed ST - Definitely needed, I'm thinking of Sanogo or Niang, but I always buy them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalumF Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Shaw will be a solid LB for the future. I have Gibbs as first choice, Vermaelen can play left and back up if Gibbs is injured and Shaw as 3rd choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 Hijust started a new game , I have not signed many players apart from Jetro Willems at left back , Im undecided if I need another midfielder as a cover for Arteta who plays in a 3 man midfield just behind carzorla in amc. He plays as a CM on deep lying playmaker on a defend role but if he gets injured Im not sure who to put there? , can Wilshire play that role or should I buy someone? cheers Francis Coquelin! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 Pre-Season is complete, so we are all ready to go now for the new season! Kitbuhel 0-1 Arsenal - Arshavin Arsenal 3-0 Dortmund - Cazorla, Podolski, Gunter og Havre AC 1-0 Arsenal Deportivo Petare 2-4 Arsenal - Chamakh, Gervinho (2), Cazorla Trabzonspor 0-2 Arsenal - Podolski, Walcott Kitchee 0-2 Arsenal - Diaby, Cazorla Arsenal 1-1 Leverkusen - Ramsey Arsenal 3-1 Benfica - Walcott (2), Giroud Got real life fixtures, so first up are Sunderland at home, and Stoke away. 4-2-3-1 Balanced Control Short Passing More Expressive Press More Cautious Tackling Zonal Marking Drill Crosses Roam From Position Goalkeeper - Sweeper Keeper - Defend - Szczesny Defender Right - Wing Back - Automatic - Sagna Defender Centre - Central Defender - Defend - Mertesacker/Koscielny Defender Centre - Central Defender - Defend - Vermaelen Defender Left - Wing Back - Automatic - Gibbs/Andre Santos Midfield Centre - Central Midfielder - Defend - Arteta Midfield Centre - Box to Box Midfielder - Support - Diaby/Wilshere/Ramsey Attacking Midfielder Right - Inside Forward - Attack - Walcott/Oxlade-Chamberlain Attacking Midfielder Centre - Advanced Playmaker - Attack - Cazorla Attacking Midfielder Left - Inside Forward - Attack - Podolski/Gervinho Striker Centre - Advanced Forward - Attack - Giroud Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max787 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Got real life fixtures, so first up are Sunderland at home, and Stoke away. Could you post a link to the mod? sounds cool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 AUGUST Premier League Arsenal - 4 Coquelin, Walcott (2), Giroud Sunderland - 1 Sessegnon Fell behind against the run of play in the first half, but eventually Coquelin's shot crept in midway through the 2nd half. Lost Gervinho (2 months) and Podolski (9 days) to injury in the first 10 minutes to add to already missing Arteta, Wilshere, Rosicky, Fabianski, Sagna & Frimpong. Premier League Stoke - 0 Arsenal - 2 Walcott (2) Good controlled performance, moved the ball around well and rode a few periods of Stoke dominance. Player of the Month - Theo Walcott Young Player of the Month - Carl Jenkinson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 Could you post a link to the mod? sounds cool its not a mod, its my own edits Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clouds Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I'm currently half-way through my third season with the Gunners, and I've noted that my taxes have risen steadily. Each month at the beginning of the game I paid about 3 mill GBP in taxes, having a little bump in july/august but then falling back down. The last 3 months thoug (oct-dec) I've paid almost 9 mill a month in taxes and I've already spent more on taxes this season than I did the entire previous season. Why? Have anybody else noticed this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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