Harryseaess Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Andres Cubas is decent as is Ruben Neves. both young also so room to develop. what is galloway like? i opted for robinson after barca gave me £40m for blind in January. Galloway is good, I've only had him since January but I've thrown him straight in to the first team and he's doing well. I'll hopefully finish the first season tonight so I'll throw up a screenshot of how he did when I have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth250480 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Galloway is good, I've only had him since January but I've thrown him straight in to the first team and he's doing well. I'll hopefully finish the first season tonight so I'll throw up a screenshot of how he did when I have. thanks, much appreciated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Eight points behind leaders Chelsea. They've four games left to play, whilst we have two games in hand. Remaining league fixtures: Bournemouth (A) 3-1 - Memphis (3) - Chelsea [Played 34 | Points 79] / Man Utd [Played 33 | Points 74] Chelsea draw 1-1 at Leicester! - Chelsea [Played 35 | Points 80] / Man Utd [Played 33 | Points 74] Chelsea beat Palace 7-0 - Chelsea [Played 36 | Points 83] / Man Utd [Played 33 | Points 74] Norwich (H) 5-1 - Lingard, Martial (2), Mata, Rooney - Chelsea [Played 36 | Points 83] / Man Utd [Played 34 | Points 77] Stoke (H) 3-1 - Lingard, Martial, Shaqiri (OG) - Chelsea [Played 36 | Points 83] / Man Utd [Played 35 | Points 80] Chelsea win 2-1 away at Stoke - Chelsea [Played 37 | Points 86] / Man Utd [Played 35 | Points 80] Palace (A) 1-1 - Martial - Chelsea [Played 37 | Points 86] / Man Utd [Played 36 | Points 81] Leicester (A) 1-2 Shaw The title dream is over. Chelsea [Played 37 | Points 86] / Man Utd [Played 37 | Points 81] Chelsea (H) 1-2 - Memphis. Could it be? Nope Final standings - Chelsea [Played 38 | Points 89] / Man Utd [Played 38 | Points 81] In other news, we have the Europa League Final to look forward to. Opponents are Lazio. The very team that sent us to the Europa League by beating us in the Champions League qualifier! We end the season with a 2-1 victory over Lazio in the Europa League Final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sounder2 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Yes I would say this time around the game has definitely got harder. Finished top of the league in my first season with the FA cup double (just started second season), but out in the first KO round to PSG (drew home, hammered in Paris) and beaten by Stoke in the little cup, away from home again. I think the main difference from 15 is knowing which games to alter your team strategy away from attacking to control or even standard, which seems to be needed for far more away games now. Now I tend to start away games on control at the least and see how it goes, though I am way more nervous about going to Stamford Bridge or the Etihad than I used to be, which is good! Victor Camarasa did not work out so hes gone already but summer signings of Diakhate and Renato Sanches have got me pretty excited. Bernardo Silva. Ive said it once, Ill say it again. Amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sounder2 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Id love to see a Galloway screen from anywhere in the future. I went for Jorge, but came so so close to signing this guy instead. To make up for it, Ive gone Eric Dier rotating at right back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I'm having little problems.. but most of my hard games were at Home so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 2016/2017 First Team Transfers Players In John Stones - £40m Iver Fossum - £3m Paul Pogba - £80m Patrice Evra (Yes, you read right.) - £2m (signed from Nice) Antoine Griezmann - £67m Players Out: Wayne Rooney to Arsenal - £26m Antonio Valenca to West Ham United - £11.75m Michael Carrick - Free Transfer Daley Blind to Barcelona - £26.5m Juan Mata to Real Madrid - £63m Ashley Young to Monaco - £6.5m Marcos Rojo to Monaco - £17.25m Sergio Romero to Leicester City - £6.25m Extremely happy with my dealings over the summer. Had planned to sell every one of those barring Romero, Rojo and Blind, but when bids came in for them, I decided to snap their hands off, especially when they were never going to feature that heavily. Vanja Milinkovic Savic will be David de Gea's understudy this season. I decided to bring Patrice Evra back on a one-year deal as I saw his stats and noticed they were still very good for a player his age. His mental stats are exceptional, and after a lot of experience left the club, and taking into account the amount of young players in the first team, I felt his experience and leadership would be vital. Stones, Manolas, Smalling and Jones is a good pool of CB's. I have McNair as backup, and Fosu-Mensah and Reece Oxford in the reserves, so I'm well stocked in that position for years. Jones will be used in the RB position as and when, and Stones can also play there, so I'm covered for Darmian. Schneiderlin is my first choice DM. Paul Pogba is a guaranteed starter in CM as my Advanced Playmaker. Herrera and Tielemans provide excellent cover. Those two along with Basti will compete for the DLP slot. Basti will come in for Schneiderlin as and when, too. Fossum will be third choice DM, and will provide back up for the two CM positions. He's only 19, and his stats are well rounded. He'll be tutored throughout the season, so I'm looking forward to seeing how he develops. Antoine Griezmann (right) and Memphis (left) are my first choice Inside Forwards. I am still debating whether to let Januzaj leave, whether that be on loan or permanently. Embolo played wide right as a winger last season, but having let Rooney and Mata go, I didn't feel I could go into the season having just replaced with the returning Januzaj. Embolo will be my second choice striker, with Martial being the main man. Jesse Lingard and Andreas Pereira, who both really impressed last season will be afforded a lot more game time this season. I've promoted Callum Gribbin to the first team squad. He'll be made available for the U21's for the majority, but will be tutored and will feature in a handful of first team games this season, so the wide areas are perfectly balanced in my opinion. Martial is set up to be a Complete Forward. I'm giving him the support duty and going to see how he gets on. Embolo and Wilson are my other strikers. Memphis and Griezmann can also play up front if need be. We finished eight points behind Chelsea last season, despite losing 9 games compared to Chelsea's 3. Arsenal and City finished in 3rd and 4th respectively with 73 points each, so a couple more wins and turning one or two of those defeats into draws should see us really challenging for the title this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 well then... 4-2-3-1 tactic I was using at home... and the odd away game against weakened teams, sorted out the defender brainfarts, just won 3-0 at Anfield turns out the brainfarts were because of the "stay on feet" command.. defenders were just not tackling at all. oh and I switched on retain possession but nothing happens in regards to dominating that stat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Not a bad start to the new season. Beating the European champions in typical United fashion. Well, the United under Fergie! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneRomney Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Has anyone tried selling Mata for big money? If so what sort of big money, because Madrid just came in with a £55m bid, and I'm contemplating whether to bite their hand off or tell them to sod off. I got €90M for him from PSG in season 2. I gambled on selling Mata to buy Bale, but Bale demanded too much (€550k per week) and we couldn't get there. Bayern paid €58M for Blind in the same window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luka_zg Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Norwich(h), Bournemouth(a), Watford(a)...lost all three games. On the verge of sack. Sunderland(h), Barcelona(h) , Southampton(a)..win all three with Southampton beeing the first away win of the season. Crash dump. At this point I rage quit and delete the save. Btw..I started winning only when making default 4-4-2 formation, without any TI or PI. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Going in to the international break in great form. Anthony Martial is continuing his sensational goal scoring form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 He hasn't featured as yet this season, but Callum Gribbin looks to be progressing very well. He's being tutored by Basti, so hopefully his mental stats improve slightly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danm2501 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 An away win at Stamford Bridge in my game in hand leads to a fairly exciting final day: I'm the only team of the 3 with a home game, facing West Ham at home. Arsenal go to Southampton, City travel to Swansea. All fairly even games, who will come out on top? Come on United! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Race 9 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 good luck happened to me in fm14, I had to play everton away(my nemesis always do badly against them)...I ended up 3rd still hurts:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Race 9 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I got €90M for him from PSG in season 2. I gambled on selling Mata to buy Bale, but Bale demanded too much (€550k per week) and we couldn't get there.Bayern paid €58M for Blind in the same window. always sell him as he doesn't fit my system, usually between 30-40m depending when in game, madrid/arse/psg always the takers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryseaess Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Season 2015/16 Not the best first season. Ended 3rd in the league, went in to the final game with 4 teams able to win the league. I won my final game 2-0, thought I was going to finish 2nd until Liverpool scored in the 87th minute to clinch them second. I got knocked out in the first knockout round of the Champions League by Porto, knocked out in the 4th round of the FA Cup by Swansea and got knocked out in the fourth round of the League Cup by Chelsea. Thought I was going to get sacked, had a month left to run on my contract until the club offered me an extension until 2019. Star player was Memphis, even though he was out injured for a while. Here's a couple of screenshots of Galloway and Gribbin: Transfers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danm2501 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Won the league. Managed a 1-0 win against West Ham thanks to a Morgan Schneiderlin goal. Arsenal lost 2-1 to Southampton with City drawing 1-1 at Swansea. Great way to end the season. Arsenal had the title in the bag all the way and in typical Arsenal fashion bottled it when it mattered most. Started on Transfers for the 2nd Season: In: Paul Pogba - £60m up front - £40m over 48 months Paulo Dybala - £39m Andriy Yarmolenko - Free Out: Daley Blind - £28m Bastian Schweinsteiger - £5m Hakim Ziyech - £14m Took over United half way through the 1st season after Van Gaal got the sack. I was managing Everton at the time but couldn't resist the United job. Van Gaal managed to get Laporte in which is a great signing and also got rid of Fellaini, so transfer wise did well. Certainly helped me out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Race 9 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 very well done of interest how much did it cost to get laporte, his release this time is over £60m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danm2501 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 LVG did a solid job. £35.5m, not too bad at all for such a good defender. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Race 9 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Season 2015/16 Not the best first season. Ended 3rd in the league, went in to the final game with 4 teams able to win the league. I won my final game 2-0, thought I was going to finish 2nd until Liverpool scored in the 87th minute to clinch them second. I got knocked out in the first knockout round of the Champions League by Porto, knocked out in the 4th round of the FA Cup by Swansea and got knocked out in the fourth round of the League Cup by Chelsea. Thought I was going to get sacked, had a month left to run on my contract until the club offered me an extension until 2019. Star player was Memphis, even though he was out injured for a while. Here's a couple of screenshots of Galloway and Gribbin: Transfers that's not a bad start mate pretty good to me for first season, of interest what was board's expectations, in beta for me it was top 4 I haven't started save in full game yet creating some comps in editor on running a test now tho they want the title so that changed pretty quickly oh and how much is transfer budget for 2nd season should be cracker with new tv money Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Race 9 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 LVG did a solid job. £35.5m, not too bad at all for such a good defender. damn thats tempting might have a rethink on targets was going down the boring Balanta route as 3rd choice as he is cheap but also injury prone...mmmm very interesting might push mr blind out and add some cash to it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryseaess Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 that's not a bad start mate pretty good to me for first season, of interest what was board's expectations, in beta for me it was top 4 I haven't started save in full game yet creating some comps in editor on running a test now tho they want the title so that changed pretty quickly oh and how much is transfer budget for 2nd season should be cracker with new tv money They expected me to win the league. I've got £160m transfer budget for season 2... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 How I wish this was real life... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Race 9 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 They expected me to win the league.I've got £160m transfer budget for season 2... yum yum think you might have to with that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Race 9 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 How I wish this was real life... oh please let that happen PLEASE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Luke Shaw's back up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryseaess Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 yum yum think you might have to with that I should hope so, just signed Pogba . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Brought this guy on for his Premier League debut. He scored not long after coming on. This comes a few weeks after he won his first cap for Senegal. I may have a brilliant player in the making on my hands! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Capital One Cup in the bag, against Liverpool as a bonus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Delight soon turned to despair. Luke Shaw has 9 assists this season. More than any other player in the squad. He's going to be a huge miss! On the plus side we've just beaten Chelsea in their back yard, which has put us 10 points clear of them at the top of the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Luke Shaw on mine out with Broken ribs. not as injury prone as Wayne Rooney though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Not a bad year for our Tony! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
libido_luxuria Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I'll start a save with Manchester United. But I'm struggling with some decisions, manly in the sentimental department: -- should I sell Rooney? Homegrown and England best scorer, but bad tutor and huge wage. -- should I fire Giggs? Legend but awfull assistant. -- should I sell Carrick? Good tutor but aging and huge wage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I'll start a save with Manchester United. But I'm struggling with some decisions, manly in the sentimental department:-- should I sell Rooney? Homegrown and England best scorer, but bad tutor and huge wage. -- should I fire Giggs? Legend but awfull assistant. -- should I sell Carrick? Good tutor but aging and huge wage. If it helps, I sold Rooney to Arsenal after the first season, as he was awful for me, and I let Carrick leave on a free transfer. Giggs is still my assistant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I'm asking myself why, after all these years playing Football Manager, have I only thought of watching the game this way with the widgets on display? It really does give you a better aspect as to what's going on, how the team's playing, and how each individual is playing. When there are no highlights, the centre screen is of the players' body language and Giggs' observations, tactical and performance feedback.. I'm enjoying matches more than ever! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Button Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I've got 40 goals out of Rooney in the first season, mostly from AMC. He's worth keeping around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Anyone had Bastian Schweinsteiger tell them that he's homesick and wishes to return to Germany? Works in my favour really, as I was considering moving him on in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Looking forward to having this guy in my squad next season. A £4.4m deal was agreed over 12 months ago but obviously had to wait until he was 18 to join us. He's been loaned back to Gremio until the end of the season. I've never heard of him admittedly, but his stats are amazing for someone his age. I think he ends Januzaj's and Lingard's Manchester United career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I bought him on FM15, he was brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryseaess Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I'll start a save with Manchester United. But I'm struggling with some decisions, manly in the sentimental department:-- should I sell Rooney? Homegrown and England best scorer, but bad tutor and huge wage. -- should I fire Giggs? Legend but awfull assistant. -- should I sell Carrick? Good tutor but aging and huge wage. I sold Rooney for £31.5m to Arsenal at the start of the first season, I think I made the right decision, he wasn't very good for them. I fired Giggs, tried to get Tassotti but he turned me down and signed a new contract with Milan. I hired Keane randomly butt he's no good and I need a new one. Any recommendations? Carrick was a bit part player for me in the first season, I got him to sign a new contract half way through and saved myself £40k a week on his wages. Then sold him to Chelsea in the summer before the second season for £2.5m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Carrick has been brilliant, I've given him an extension, he's the first midfielder on the team sheet for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I fired Giggs, tried to get Tassotti but he turned me down and signed a new contract with Milan. I hired Keane randomly butt he's no good and I need a new one. Any recommendations? Tassotti was my goto AssMan in FM15 but I've had no luck signing him this year. Mike Phelan can be lured from Hull if you want to turn back the clock - his stats aren't great but the game rates him very, very highly. Otherwise I've usually ended up with Riekerink, whose stats are pretty good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 The greatest night at Old Trafford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Think you might need an away goal just to be safe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Think you might need an away goal just to be safe One or two away goals and I should be safe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
axehan1 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 One or two away goals and I should be safe. I'm not sure what I'm more envious about? The 8-0 thrashing or the fact that you're playing FM while I'm at work!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian Red United Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I'm not sure what I'm more envious about?The 8-0 thrashing or the fact that you're playing FM while I'm at work!!!! I know that feeling all too well! Took a week off work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryseaess Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Tassotti was my goto AssMan in FM15 but I've had no luck signing him this year. Mike Phelan can be lured from Hull if you want to turn back the clock - his stats aren't great but the game rates him very, very highly. Otherwise I've usually ended up with Riekerink, whose stats are pretty good. Same here, Tassotti was always my first signing when starting as any big club on FM15. I offered him the assman role but he accepted a scouting role at Milan . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
axehan1 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I know that feeling all too well! Took a week off work I'm moving house next week so have the week off, hopefully get a few long hours of game time in at some stage As long as I keep the wife happy of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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