FM14: Arsenal Thread - "Remember who you are, what you are and who you represent!"

[arsenalthebest]

May Report

03/05/14 | Barclays Premie League | Emirates

Arsenal 4 ( Ox 40 & 55 , Reyes 67 , Koscielny 87)

Liverpool 0

11/05/14 | Barclays Premier League | Brittania

Arsenal 4 ( Walcott 3 , Ox 17 , Arnautovic O/G 21 , Akpom 87)

Stoke 2 ( Crouch 46 & 74)

17/05/14 | FA Cup(F) | Wembley

Arsenal 5 ( Walcott 14 & 24 & 26 , Mertesacker 55 , Wanyama O/G 89)

Southampton 1 ( Ramitrz 42)

[Carmi88]

Transfer deadline day deals

Vermaelen - £9M

Tim Wiese - Free

September

Results - West Ham (A) 1-1 Arteta

Celtic (A) CL 1-6 Hernandez

Liverpool (A) 1-0 Ox

Aston Villa (H) COC 2-1 Ox, Hernandez

Man City (H) 4-2 Ozil x3, Hernandez

October

Fixtures - Olimpiakos (H) CL

Chelsea (A)

Norwich (H)

Marseille (H) CL

Crystal Palace (H)

Dag & Red (H) COC

[Llew_Arshavin23]

I'm waiting for a few data files to be updated to be compatible with the latest update, but for those who have already started using it, how is it - much improvement in the match engine?

Genuinely can't wait to get going now. Made a few data changes of my own - particularly in the Under-21 and Under-18 squads - but nothing of note.

[Carmi88]

ME is 10x better, its revived my interest in 14

[ajw10]

I'm waiting for a few data files to be updated to be compatible with the latest update, but for those who have already started using it, how is it - much improvement in the match engine?

Genuinely can't wait to get going now. Made a few data changes of my own - particularly in the Under-21 and Under-18 squads - but nothing of note.

I've not really noticed any changes to the DB. Rosicky is still rated as the player he used to be, not the player he is now. Really disappointing.

[arsenalthebest]

I've decided not to carry on with my save past season 1 I may restart

[WillyBroadband]

for anybody starting a new save, hernandez of man utd can be snapped up for 14.5m and Sturridge hands in a transfer request and gets listed for about 20m if you are looking for another striker

Had already signed hernandez when Sturridge handed in his transfer request so missed out

Would love to sign Sturridge - don't like him IRL - but he hasn't handed in a transfer request yet.. did you unsettle him at all? Been offering bids etc but Liverpool asking for £60 mil. No thanks.

Kevin Volland was my first choice but he chose Barca over me. Loving 14.3 so far - it just feels even better than the last patch!

[Welshace]

for anybody starting a new save, hernandez of man utd can be snapped up for 14.5m and Sturridge hands in a transfer request and gets listed for about 20m if you are looking for another striker

If this is true about Sturridge.. it will be the first thing I look to edit out in the new update... I can't deal with unrealistic transfers of that degree lol

[arsenalthebest]

not really relevant I know but hey I wanted to boast

[Carmi88]

If this is true about Sturridge.. it will be the first thing I look to edit out in the new update... I can't deal with unrealistic transfers of that degree lol

Would love to sign Sturridge - don't like him IRL - but he hasn't handed in a transfer request yet.. did you unsettle him at all? Been offering bids etc but Liverpool asking for £60 mil. No thanks.

Kevin Volland was my first choice but he chose Barca over me. Loving 14.3 so far - it just feels even better than the last patch!

You can get them down to about 22m cash, plus 1.5m for 50 appearances. over 12 months and however many goals extra and he will ask for about 110k a week. He is a supporter of Arsenal Welshace

I've somehow deleted my save so will be starting again :[ The only thing im certain of when starting as Arsenal is that once i've done my transfers you can request additional funds, 25m and to improve both trainning and youth facilities

[llama3]

Charlie George & Tony Adams - top work! That's some crazy 'fro you have there ATB.

[WillyBroadband]

not really relevant I know but hey I wanted to boast

Brilliant! I met Charlie George when I went on a tour of The Emirates, really sound guy. Tony Adams ruffled my hair as a kid when I asked him for his autograph too, remember it like it was yesterday

[WillyBroadband]

Has anyone had any luck with Mario Mandzukic? Got him from Bayern for £16mil. Am playing Rainmaker v2 so he'll be playing as 1 of 2 CF's - either as a False9 or CF/Attack.

[arsenalthebest]

August Report

Well I've Re-Started due to the DB update

GK: GK-D Szczesny

RB: FB-D Sagna/Jenkinson/Boyce

RCB: CD-D Koscielny/Doria

LCB; CD-D Mertesacker/Vermaelen

LB: FB-D Gibbs/Monreal

MCR: AP-S Wilshere/Rosicky/Cazorla

MCL: BWM-D Flamini/Hübschman

AMR: W-S Özil/Miyaichi

AMR: IF-A Ox/Wilshere/Cazorla

STCR: DLF-A Edurado/Bendtner or TM-AGiroud/Bendtner

STCL: P-A Pod/Walcott

in our Cl group we got Dortmund , AC Milan & FC Kobenhavn

17/08/13 | Barclays Premier League | Etihad

Arsenal 2 ( Bendtner 53 , Mertesacker 54)

Man City 2 ( Negredo 11 & 30)

21/08/13 | UEFA Champions League Best Placed P/O (Leg 1) | Anoeta

Arsenal 3 ( Podolski 56 , Hübschman 79 , Podolski 86)

R. Sociedad 1 ( Vela 64)

24/08/13 | Barclays Premier League | Emirates

Arsenal 2 ( Gibbs 11 , Giroud 56)

Fulham 1 ( Rodionov 79)

27/08/13 |UEFA Champions League Best Placed P/O (Leg 2) | Emirates

Arsenal 4(7) ( Podolski 31 , Bendtner 35 , Doria 53* , Podolski PEN 67)

R. Sociedad 1(2) ( Castro 47)

31/08/13 | Barclays Premier League | Villa Park

Arsenal 2 ( Podolski PEN 9 , Walcott 88)

Aston Villa 0 (Vlaar S/O 8)'

SEPTEMBER FIXTURES

14th: L'pool - Away(Prm)

17th: Dortmund - Home(CL)

21st: Sunderland - Home(Prm)

24th: Swansea - Home(C1C)

28th: Swansea - Home(Prm)

[WillyBroadband]

Sheesh, group of death!

[arsenalthebest]

Sheesh, group of death!

oooh OUCH

[Cesc_cil]

Arsenal Season 1 Review

So my first save as Arsenal since the patch and it has been relatively successful.

League:

Can't really complain the two sides above have better squads, so i have finished in the right position. Had a very sticky patch around October to December and was on the verge of the sack. I grovelled to the board and they gave me a month to sort it out. Will look to push on next season and mount a serious challenge.

Champions Leauge:

Again can't really complain, a great result against real madrid and a good effort against barca. Lost the fist leg at home to barca 3 -1 had a real go in the nou camp and came away with a 2 - 0 victory missing out on away goals.

League Cup:

FA Cup:

A cup double to end the gunners trophy drought. The coc cup secured me a new contract after that doggy spell on the run up to christmas.

Very happy with the win over United in the FA Cup final.

My main starting 11 over the season.

Other contributors were.

Mertesacker

Anita ~ Came in in January and done a very good job

Walcott ~ very injury prone don't no whether that has been tweaked in the patch

Cazorla

Podolski

Giroud

Some stats:

Average Rating:

Mertesacker 7.25

Giroud 7.23

Ozil 7.11

Goals:

Hernandez 23 in 41(7)

Giroud 16 in 16(15)

Podolski 10 in 25(10)

Assists:

Ozil 13 in 38(8)

Wilshere 13 in 36(18)

Cazorla 13 in 34(20)

[stevemc]

Highly temped in starting an Arsenal save on 14.3 (even though I'm a Manchester United fan). Arsenal always seem to under perform in my saves, and sell all their top players off, but I think it would be a good save, to bring some success back to the club, building a team around quality young players

[KingLara]

Top work mate. Really looking forward to your end of season review. Would also love a recap of the tactics you used, sounds like you were pretty flexible, switching between one or two up top?

Cheers

Tactics change depending on many factors. In most cases I will play an attacking line up and like to have pace on the wings. In the last few matches Lewandwoski did enough to play so I started with two strikers and I wouldn't play Giroud up front on his own so he is paired with Ozil in behind.

I have always favoured two strikers but i have had to adapt to get Ozil into the team. Also the formation of 4-2-3-1 seems to have worked well.

[KingLara]

FM14 ARSENAL SEASON 3 REVIEW

The perfect season. Five trophies and unbeaten in the league.

Story of the season

PRE SEASON

I made three major signings with Toure, Lacazette and Peruzzi replacing Barry, Vietto Schurrle and Cazrola.

Pre season went well with four clean sheets. We lost the Emirates Cup semi final to Milan on penalties though.

SQUAD

Squad looked mighty different from the previous season.

Valdes Zieler Gibbs Baines Peruzzi Sagna Vermaelen Balanta Mertersacker Kocielny Insigne Gomez Wilshere Toure Alonso Ramsey Ozil Lacazette Pilar Lewandowski Giroud Walcott

PREMIER LEAGUE

We brought up 100 points for the season winning it by 21. Five more than the previous season but with a lesser margin strangely from second place. We conceded just 7 goals at home although 24 away from home will be an area I’ll be looking to improve.

WWWWWWWWWWWWWDWWWDWWWDWWDWWWWWDWWWWDDW

Home - Played 19 Won 18 Drawn 1 Lost 0 Goals For 55 Goals Against 7 Points 55

Away - Played 19 Won 13 Drawn 6 Lost 0 Goals for 41 Goals against 24 Points 45

FINAL LEAGUE TABLE

1. Arsenal 100 Points

2. Newcastle 79 Points

3. Chelsea 76 Points

4. Tottenham 76 Points

5. Man Utd 74 Points

7. Man City 61 Points

14. Liverpool 44 points

Relegated: Ipswich, Swansea, Wigan.

Season Awards

Goals

Walcott 25 Ba 20 Hermandez 20

Assists

Pizzi 16 Ozil 16 Mata 13

MOM

Vidic 6 Kompany 6 Nastastic 5 – (7th Walcott 4)

Average Rating

Parker 7.48 Vermaelen 7.61 Koscielny 7.57 Mertersacker 7.46

Clean Sheets

Loris 20 Krul 16 DeGea 16 - (4th Valdes 15)

Team of the year

Lloris Baines Vermaelen Vidic Peruzzi Hazard Pizzi Ozil Walcott Lewandowski Martinez

Subs: Valdes Kompany Mirallas Lamela Insigne Shawcross Rooney

Footballer of the year – Theo Walcott

Players player of the year – Mezut Ozil

Manager of the year – Kinglara

Young Player of the year – Erik Lamela

Golden Golves – Hugo Lloris

Goal of the season – Nani (Manchester United vs Swansea)

Monthly awards

August – Player – Mezut Ozil – Young Player – Mason Bennett - Manager - Kinglara

September – Player – Olivier Giroud– Young Player - Will Hughes - Manager – Kinglara

October – Player – Shane Long Young Player - Ross Barkley - Manager - David Moyes

November – Player – Pizzi Young Player - Mason Bennett - Manager - David Moyes

December – Player – Gino Peruzzi Young Player - Mason Bennett - Manager – Kinglara

January – Player Shane Duffy Young Player – Byron Lawrence - Manager - Kinglara

February – Player – Erik Lamela – Young Player Will Hughes - Manager - Kinglara

March – Player – Frank Lampard Young Player – Will Hughes - Manager – Jose Mourinho

April – Player – Theo Walcott Young Player – Will Hughes - Manager – Harry Redknapp

Other Competitions

The season began in fine style with a 4-0 rout of Chelsea in the Community Shield

In the Champions League we opened with a goalless draw in the Nou Camp. After that we won every game in the group and progressed to the knockout stages. We drew 1-1 in Madrid against Atletico before beating them 3-0 at home. Marseille inflicted our only defeat of the season in the first leg. We beat PSG 3-2 in France to all but progress to the final where we faced another france side in Monaco. We trailed 2-0 but came back and won 3-2.

We were given a relatively kind Fa Cup draw eventually beating both Manchester Sides at Wembley.

The League Cup was a tough task. We surrendered a 3-1 lead to ber taken to Penalties by Liverpool but went through 6-5. We drew with Spurs at

White Hart Lane in the semi final but went through with a 2-0 win at home. It was Chelsea again in the final and we won 3-1.

The KingLara awards

August – Player – Mezut Ozil – Game - West Brom 3-1 Chelsea

September – Player Tomas Vermaelen – Game Liverpool 2-3 Newcastle

October – Player – Leighton Baines - Game Fulham 2-3 Cardiff

November – Player – Laurent Koscielny - Game Wigan 4-4 Huddersfield

December – Player – Eder Balanta - Game - Newcastle 5-1 Man Utd

January – Player – Eder Balanta - Game – Newcastle 5-2 Liverpool

Februay – Player – Robert Lewandowski - Game – Derby 4-4 Man Utd

March – Player – Leighton Baines - Game – Everton 0-4 Chelsea

April – Player – Theo Walcott - Game – Stoke 3-3 Everton

May – Player – Tomas Vermaelen - Game Derby 1-0 Man City

Full Appearances 15/16 – Played/Goals-clean sheets/Assists/MOM/Average Rating

Valdes - 54-22-0-1-6.93

Ozil - 52(4)-12-32-4-7.36

Baines – 51(2)-5-5-3-7.27

Toure – 48(7)-5-7-2-7.18

Insigne – 47(5)-12-19-4-7.17

Peruzzi – 46(1)-3-6-4-7.43

Walcott – 44(5)-31-8-4-7.33

Vermaelen – 42(2)-12-1-3-7.65

Wilshere - 38(5)-5-6-2-7.12

Ramsey – 37(16)-3-5-1-7.0

Lewandowski – 34(20)-20-7-3-7.14

Koscielny – 31(4)-4-2-2-7.45

Mertersacker - 29(3)-5-2-5-7.51

Balanta – 27(5)-5-0-4-7.43

Giroud – 24(15) – 22-4-3-7.17

Alonso - 20(16)-1-1-0-6.93

Gomez – 19(17)-6-9-3-7.13

Sagna – 18(4)-0-1-0-6.93

Lacazette – 12(19)-3-7-1-7.02

Gibbs – 11(2)-0-2-0-7.03

Zieler - 10-4-0-1-6.97

Pilar -5(1)-0-0-0-6.54

Pinotti – 1-0-1-0-6.70

Flynn – 1-0-0-0-6.90

Siefkes – 1-0-0-0-7.0

Miyaitchi-1-0-0-0-6.80

Zelalem - 1-0-0-0-7.0

Ledson - 0(2)-0-0-0-6.70

Jenkinson – 0(2)-0-0-0-6.70

Christie – 0(1)-0-0-0-6.70

Other Leagues

Italy:

Top: Juventus 90 Napoli 71 Genoa 71

Relegated; Cagilari Pescara, Lanciano

Promoted; Novara Crotone TBC

Goalscorers: Balotelli 21 Belfodil 21 Ishak 20

Player of the Year: Marek Hamsik (7.41)

Manager of the Year: Antonio Conte (Juventus)

Italian Cup: Napoli Super Cup: Atalanta

Spain:

Top: Barcelona 90 Real Madrid 86 Atletico 74

Relegated; Almeria, Sporting, Las Palmas

Promoted; Murcia Zaragozia TBC

Goalscorers: Arabi 21 Costa 20 Xisco 19

Player of the Year: Lionel Messi (8.33)

Manager of the Year: Gerardo Martino (Barcelona)

Spanish Cup: Valencia Super Cup: Real Madrid

Germany:

Top: Bayern 71 Gladbach 63 Dortmund 62

Relegated; Kaiserslautern Furth

Promoted: Werder Breman Augsburg

Goalscorers: Ujah 20 Ginczek 17 Reus 16

Player of the Year: Mario Gotze (7.61)

Manager of the Year: Uwe Neuhaus (Gladbach)

German Cup: Shalke Super Cup: Shalke

France

Top: PSG 91 Monaco 87 Lyon 75

Relegated; Nice Tours FC Nantes

Promoted: Dijon Ajaccio Bastia

Goalscorers: Gomis 23 Sakho 23 Cavani 23

Player of the Year: Falcao (7.60)

Manager of the Year: Laurent Blanc (PSG)

French Cup: Monaco Super Cup: PSG

Holland

Top: Ajax 75 PSV 69 AZ 66

Relegated; Cambuur Helmond Sport RKC

Promoted: VVV, Voldendam Degraafschap

Goalscorers: Johannsson 23 Pelle 19 Alfao 14

Player of the Year: Arnold Kruiswijk (7.54)

Manager of the Year: Erwin Koeman (AZ)

Dutch Cup: Heerenveen Super Cup: Ajax

REINFORMENTS

Sagna, Gibbs and Alonso will leave if I can find them a club.

I will buy a keeper for the short term. Possibly Ankinfeev as Madrid are unwilling to sell Casillas. Zieler isn't good neough to be number one and Genver still needs time to devolop. My main focus through will be bringing through players from the youth team to the first team.

For the moment though I will enjoy my holiday and watch Euro 2016!

[arsenalthebest]

September Report

14/09/13 | Barclays Premier League | Anfield

Arsenal 1 ( Ox 18)

Liverpool 1 ( Gerrard 90)

17/09/13 | UEFA Champions League (Grp C) | Emirates

Arsenal 3 ( Giroud 20 , Hummels O/G 55 , Bendtner 68)

DORTMUND 1 ( Lewandowski 2)

21/09/13 | Barclays Premier League | Emirates

Arsenal 4 ( Eduardo 1 , Ozil 50 , Podolski 53 , Doria 90+3)

Sunderland 0

24/09/13 | Capital One Cup (Rd 3) | Emirates

Arsenal 3 ( Koscielny 23 , Vermaelen 56 , Koscielny 78)

Swansea 0

29/09/13 | Barclays Premier League | Emirates

Arsenal 2 ( Podolsk 45 & 76)

Swansea 0

October Matches

2nd: AC Milan - Away(UCL)

5th: Cardiff - Away(Prm)

19th: West Ham - Away(Prm)

23rd: FC Kobenhavn - Away(UCL)

26th: Crystal Palace - Home(Prm)

29th: Norwich - Home(C1C)

[WillyBroadband]

Wow, I hope I can carry this early season form going! Mario Mandzukic has been lethal so far as a False 9.

[stevemc]

How much money do Arsenal start with?

[lewis999]

Wow, I hope I can carry this early season form going! Mario Mandzukic has been lethal so far as a False 9.

In a 4231? Or 41221?

[jlm8695]

How much money do Arsenal start with?

36 million for a title challenge, 42 for winner.

Just had the first leg of my UCL qualifier (season 1).

Up step AOC

[WillyBroadband]

In a 4231? Or 41221?

Neither. It's the Rainmaker tactic tweaked a bit - so, a 4-1-3-2.

[Mark.]

KingLara Top season mate. Some of those player stats are so impressive. Especially Ozil, Theo and Ingisne.

Arsenalthebest Congrats on meeting those two Legends! Jealous!

Willybroadband Interesting to see Mario Mandzukic doing so well for you. Will have to take a look at him.

[WillyBroadband]

KingLara Top season mate. Some of those player stats are so impressive. Especially Ozil, Theo and Ingisne.

Arsenalthebest Congrats on meeting those two Legends! Jealous!

Willybroadband Interesting to see Mario Mandzukic doing so well for you. Will have to take a look at him.

@Mark. He started off incredibly well but has fallen away a little bit since then.. here's a screenie in case you're interested - notice that in the league he hasn't been spectacular but in Europe he's been great. I was thinking that starting him with Giroud wouldn't work as they're similar and both have PPM of 'Plays with back to goal' but it's been the best partnership out of what I have (Theo & Podolski other ST options)

[WillyBroadband]

Hello all, has anyone else noticed this change since the 14.3 patch.. for a lot more games now I have red writing on a white background for home games where it would normally be the usual white on red. It's only cosmetic and it doesn't bother me at all I was just wondering if anyone else had noticed.

This is probably a good example as red & white wouldn't clash with Cardiff's yellow & red.

[llama3]

Yes, your real kit is correct though - it is just the title bar and icon. I speculate that it is due to the presence of "red" in the RGB scale that makes up yellow. But it's my personal guess. Kit clashes were looked at pre-update. I don't know what precisely was or was not changed though.

[WillyBroadband]

I didn't even know this was possible but then it is Diaby. Two injuries at once?! Poor bugger.

[llama3]

Lol, score 1 for realism!

[arsenalthebest]

sound like something diaby would do

[D0bi]

Quite possible I suppose: if he's in light training for the ligament damage and then gets caught or pulls something during light training then it's quite possible.

[arsenalthebest]

October Report

02/10/13 | UEFA Champions League (Grp C) | San Siro

Arsenal 5 ( Özil 7 & 19 & 27 , Walcott 29 , Ox 82

AC Milan 2 ( Ballotelli 45+1 & 46 , Mexes S/O 90)

05/10/13 | Barclays Premier League | Cardiff City Stadium

Arsenal 3 ( Walcott 7 , Özil 45 & 79)

Cardiff 2 ( Bellamy 20 , Zaha 33 , Bellamy MISS PEN 39)

19/10/13 | Barclays Premier League | The Boleyn Ground

Arsenal 5 ( Walcott 19 , Giroud 39 & 51 , Walcott 53 & 68)

West Ham 3 ( Reid 24 , Borriello 65 , Morrison 73)

23/10/13 | UEFA Champions League( Grp C) | Parken

Arsenal 1 ( Özil 60)

FC Kobenhavn 0 ( Jorensen Inj 30)

26/10/13 | Barclays Premier League | Emirates

Arsenal 2 ( Miyaichi 5 , Kallström Inj 39 , Walcott 59)

Crystal Palace 0

29/10/13 | FA Cup( Rd 4) | Emirates

Arsenal 1 ( Mertesacker 82)

Norwich 0

November Fixtures

2nd: Spurs - Home(Prm)

5th: Fc Kobenhavn - Home(UCL)

1th: Man Utd - Away(Prm)

23rd: Chelsea - Home(Prm)

27: Dortmund - Away(UCL)

30th: West Brom - Away(Prm)

[Cesc_cil]

anyone else agree this could be the prefect formation for afc?

found it in the tactics forum

[SJ234]

I don't agree tbh. I think playing 3 in the attacking midfield strata is difficult.

[lewis999]

Judging by his player's average rating's i'm going to say no.

[llama3]

Too narrow, no real width offered. Doesn't match roles or duties well either. In short - no.

[Mark.]

Looking to get a player who will be effective as a halfback. Done a bunch of scouting but just in case I was missing someone. Ideally aiming for a bit of height too.

EDIT: Should clarify, needs to be someone pretty young, so can be Arteta's under study for a few years.

[Poddy]

Can Someone please post the changes to arsenal players since update?

[llama3]

Can Someone please post the changes to arsenal players since update?

Why should someone else bother to do it because you can't be arsed? Look it up yourself.

[Poddy]

I have seen the pa changes listed. Wanted actually a discussion about changes I.e has Ramsey been improved. No need to be a *****.

[llama3]

If you have seen them listed why not post the link yourself? Discussion over data is meant for the data issues forum - this is for discussion about saves involving Arsenal.

Note, foul language is not tolerated.

[Things Could Get Messi]

Is there anybody else that has got as far as the 2020/21 season? I took over as Arsenal boss in January 2019 and the AI had pretty much ruined the club by filling up the squad with players that were now the wrong side of 30 but all was not lost. I have improved the squad loads thanks to a number of signings and promoting some of the clubs younger players.

Reason I ask anyway is because Julio Pleguezuelo is simply fantastic on my save. He is now 4 stars CA in my team and can still improve by an extra 1/2 star. Since I arrived at the club he has made himself a 1st choice with his performances, scored and got MOTM in a CL final victory over Barcelona and is now also 1st choice for Spain. Dan Crowley and Gideon Zelalem also proved themselves to be good 1st team squad players though I lost the former because he wouldn't sign a new contract so I had to sell him. Serge Gnabry is another player that ends up top class but I only know that because I signed him for Brighton before my arrival and they sold him to AC Milan not long after I left.

Certainly plenty of talent to work with for anybody who has the time and patience to get this far.

[Poddy]

It's an arsenal thread to discuss arsenal related things Which includes changes to players. I Haven't been able to check new patch yet so wanted to know the individual improvements Not just see pa or ca changes. Your attitude is horrible for a mod.

[Cesc_cil]

Is there anybody else that has got as far as the 2020/21 season? I took over as Arsenal boss in January 2019 and the AI had pretty much ruined the club by filling up the squad with players that were now the wrong side of 30 but all was not lost. I have improved the squad loads thanks to a number of signings and promoting some of the clubs younger players.

Reason I ask anyway is because Julio Pleguezuelo is simply fantastic on my save. He is now 4 stars CA in my team and can still improve by an extra 1/2 star. Since I arrived at the club he has made himself a 1st choice with his performances, scored and got MOTM in a CL final victory over Barcelona and is now also 1st choice for Spain. Dan Crowley and Gideon Zelalem also proved themselves to be good 1st team squad players though I lost the former because he wouldn't sign a new contract so I had to sell him. Serge Gnabry is another player that ends up top class but I only know that because I signed him for Brighton before my arrival and they sold him to AC Milan not long after I left.

Certainly plenty of talent to work with for anybody who has the time and patience to get this far.

Would love to get that far into a game just can't get the tactics to work for more than a season so frustrating!

[llama3]

It's an arsenal thread to discuss arsenal related things Which includes changes to players. I Haven't been able to check new patch yet so wanted to know the individual improvements Not just see pa or ca changes. Your attitude is horrible for a mod.

Getting the best out of a player, managing a player etc is relevant - data changes is not. Besides, once again - if you have seen the listed changes why have you asked someone else to post them? Which was my original point. Any problems with my moderating or posts there is a report button and it will be reviewed independently. Otherwise lets not derail this thread anymore.

For the record - no significant changes to data, small tweak to Ramsey (finishing, composure, decisions), Giroud (team work, work rate), Mertesacker (Decisions), a few have had increased consistency under the hood. Nothing major at all.

[arsenalthebest]

Getting the best out of a player, managing a player etc is relevant - data changes is not. Besides, once again - if you have seen the listed changes why have you asked someone else to post them? Which was my original point. Any problems with my moderating or posts there is a report button and it will be reviewed independently. Otherwise lets not derail this thread anymore.

For the record - no significant changes to data, small tweak to Ramsey (finishing, composure, decisions), Giroud (team work, work rate), Mertesacker (Decisions), a few have had increased consistency under the hood. Nothing major at all.

where are these data changes listed I'd like to look at them myself

[arsenalthebest]

August Report

Hey I've decided to restart monthly updates for this save

IN: Joe Ledley - Celtic - Free , Pablo Sarabia - Getafe - Free , Felipe Santana - Schalke - Loan

Out:

4-2-2-2(wide)

GK-D: Szczesny

RB - FB-D: Stones/Jenkinson/Sagna

L/RCB - CB-D: Mertesacker/Dede/Koscielny/Godin

LB - FB-D: Taylor/Gibbs

MCR - BWM-D: Ledley/Barry

MCL - AP-S: Wilshere/Diego

AMR - IF-A: Ox/Fierro/Vela

AML - W-S: Biekman/Özil/Sarabia

STCR - P-A: Akpom/ Mitrovic/Fierro

STCR - TM/A: Giroud/Sanogo Or DLF-A Vela/Fierro

13/08/16 | Barclays Premier League | St James' Park

Arsenal 2 ( Fierro 27 & 55)

Newcastle 0 ( Debuchy S/O 88)

20/08/16 | Barclays Premier League | Emirates

Arsenal 3 ( Giroud 23 & 56 & 79)

West Ham 0

27/08/16 | Barclays Premier League | Craven Cottage

Arsenal 5 ( Giroud 20 , Akpom 21 , Giroud 66 , Stones 68 , Wilshere 79)

Fulham 1 ( Berbatov 1)