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#80754 FM 12 Real Names for Competitions?
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Not a priority, just want to know if I can still get them.
Also, can you add and put into effect mid game?
#79845 Liverpool just absolutely bottled it in my save.
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#289159 Me Vs The World
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Another good season, made better with the last push, which got us into the top 6 split, and into the top 4. Luckily Rangers won the Scottish Cup, which allowed us the 4th place in the league and another season in Europe. In Europe this season, we did well, and had an amazing result on the West coast of France. Not bad for a first season in Europe, and we have another coming up.
Outgoing, there were just some fringe players leaving. No one major, and we did well making 100k off academy failure William Clark.
We spent a large sum, mainly in monthly installments on Davor Tenjeri to replace GK Sanchez. He is amazing and only 20. We brought in Johnny Naessens, and Silvio Marinelli, who finished the season in style, with 6 goals in his last 6 games. We also brought in aging Dwain Reid, who has now retired, and Richard Jackson, previous Celtic player, and best Irish regen of the game so far - and only 33 years old. So a few years in him still. Phil Williams had a lot of promise, but failed to live up to that, and in the next season, I sell him to Rangers for 1 million - a good profit for a player I brought in on a free.
We finished the season well, with 6 wins, 3 draws and a loss in the last 10 games, and we finished 4th behind impressive Dunfermline. A step back from last season, but we still got into Europe, so I am happy. We didn't do well in the cups, though, so no more trophies this time.
We had a tough group in Europe, but we did ourselves proud, finishing with 2 wins and a draw. One of the wins was just amazing and was one of two amazing away performances this year. Seeing as Bordeaux had the reigning World Player of the Year aswell, it was quite an achievement.
So I haven't got another international job, and I am well into pre season of 2048, but it is frustrating times, as I can't seem to bring any quality players in, and I have lost a great player for a large sum of money. But we will be back and hopefully challenging for a cup or two, and the top 3 of the SPL.
#68169 Getting another Interntional manager sacked
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#289158 Me Vs The World
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What a year! Surprise 3rd place, and we were hanging in around the top 3 for ages. Aberdeen won, preventing Rangers from winning their first SPL trophy in 8 years! We had a brilliant year but no trophies for this season. Not even a cup.
We brought in a few good free players in, such as Bradley, Mutti and QPR favourite Tweedie. This thing of biggest note in our sales was selling Michael Field, for £3.8 million to Chelsea.
So I targetted above 40 points as I thought we would be safe with that. We passed that early on in the season. We scored the most goals in the tournament, with an in form Gordon being massively important. I expect to win at least a cup next season, with the money from Field's transfer to fund us as well as the Europa League.
I took over the USA at the start of the season. Everything was going well, we were doing fine in the Gold Cup, until the Copa America came, and I had to choose another squad for that, which included swapping many players who were in my Gold Cup squad out, which stopped me from playing them in the Gold Cup. Added to that, the players I brought in can't play in the Gold Cup, as they wouldn't have the right squad numbers. So I did the only rational thing to do and resigned.
Another update will come with next season.See you then.
#67471 FM 2014 features
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Ones I have made bold are ones I think are utter crap. They have tried to improve conferences and player talks, but people still complain. FB is shite now. Spending money earned by the manager - has this ever happened in real life - NO? then STFU. And why would anyone want to limit a game time by preventing regens.
#67469 FM 2014 features
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- A list of stadiums, and stadiums history for each league and club respectively.
- Deduction of different amount of points depending on how far they have gone into administration. Every club is only docked 10 points in FM 12 and it only seems to happen in England.
- A better tactic situation. Right now, you can only place players in any of 27 slots in the tactics area. To make it more realistic, there should be more spaces, or the choice to position players anywhere on the field.
Also a maybe controversial one, but maybe make attributes invisible. I know the attributes, along with the preferred moves, allow the match engine to function and all games to be different, but in real life, players don't have attributes. I would keep the preferred moves, as that is something which will be noted in real life, but people don't have attributes out of 20 in real life. If they are hidden, but there is still the possibility of editing in the editor, that would be good for the game. I don't know what they could do with players improving their attributes during time, but I am just speculating anyway.
#65677 Player History problem
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#65676 FM 13 - Amusing Screenshots Thread
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#289156 Me Vs The World
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The trophy which brings football fans and groups around the world together, and at the same time apart. This was make or break for me. If I win it, I will be crowned best manager in Africa, if not, I am going to resign, after 5 years.
We went into the tournament with a fresh squad. The major surprise in the squad was Sibusiso Khumalo - the main player for us when I started here. He is not in the squad due to his lack of starts for Man City and his bad form.
The 1 billionth thing which annoys me about FM is the fact that loads of your squad get injured before a tournament and you can't call a replacement. First up was Dladla, then Borman, then Magalefa and Mkhwanazi. 2 got injured in training, 2 got injured in our group stage matches. But I was still not allowed to call up a replacement.
We breezed the tough group, and took on Spain.
We breezed past them, also and then faced Turkey who had scored 5 each in their first two games. We were 2 up at HT thanks to Gareth Robertson. They struck back, and I couldn't do anything about it as I didn't have my top players at hand to deal with their thread. We could've got to the semi's but two World Cups in a row, I am left thinking 'How have I lost this?' We were two up for fuck sake - can't we keep a fricking lead. Btw, my best CB (Moeneeb Brown) got injured in the Spain game. Couldn't call up a replacement. Typical.
So I have left South Africa after 5 years, having achieved little. I enjoyed the spell, I have managed very good players, created record runs without conceding and winning consecutively. I won 2 ACoNs, although I didn't need them, I lost the Confed Cup in injury time. I lost my first World Cup on penalties in the semis. I lost my 2nd World Cup in the last minute of extra time of the quarters. Fuck Sake.
I will be back with an international team some day, and try and win in another continent. I will return to Africa one day, and win the World Cup with the best team in the continent. I hope that team is South Africa as I feel there has been injustice over the way we have gone out the last few times. Just need to work out the top talent in the continent.
I will be back in about 2 weeks time, when I have finished the next season with Hamilton. I a hoping for top 6 in the SPL, and either a Scottish/League Cup victory.
#64794 Player History problem
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But his career stats only show the current season
How would I fix this, if I can at all?
#289155 Me Vs The World
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We followed up last years success with a league win, to boost us in our attempt at world domination by adding an extra trophy, and help Hamilton become the best team in Scotland
A successful season I would say. We signed a few players in the summer, with young Tete and Papadimitriou coming in, aswell as sought after 17 year old striker Michael Field. Muandumba came in as LB cover aswell for free.
We sold Antonius Larsson, as I didn't think he was good enough, and in the cameos before the season, he was very bad. Both out first teams full backs left - Allen and Maxwell - but we brought in players to replace these (Papaminitriou and Muandumba)
A very successful season, one which we battled with Dundee for the top spot, and pipped them on the last day. We scored the most and conceded the least - the least we deserved was to come first and get promoted. So another trophy on the shelf for me, and on we go, to try and conquer the 2 remaining cups and the SPL.
Talking about the cups, we had success again, winning the Challenge Cup easily. We lost in the League Cup to Celtic, and unfortunately got dominated by St Johnstone to get knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the semis.
My South Africa progress leads me to another prestigious competition. The World Cup. I will be back on completion of that.
#289154 Me Vs The World
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So I went out to pick a club after failures at Nizhniy and Brasiliense and I headed to Scotland.
I picked them up, in last place, with a few games remaining in the SPL, my team played our hearts out and caught up with the bottom group of teams, and the team was playing so well, that I wondered how badly the ex-manager did to get into this position. I won 3 in a row - 6-2, 3-0 and 3-0 again. but I lost the vital last game of the season to Dunfermline and we got relegated.
So I readied myself for the upcoming season. I brought in youth talent, foreign players and got rid of players I thought I could make money out of. I didn't shed the important players also - Calum Gordon, our best player was kept. I brought in free players throughout the season to aid us - such as Santiago Garcia de las Llaves - a handful I know! We are in the black and look set to stay there, after I shed wage, but increased quality.
Throughout the season, we had the quality, and were organised but lacked consistency. We could never string 5 or 6 wins together on the bounce, and we ended up 4th, behind Falkirk, Cowdenbeath and Dundee.
Calum Gordon, Garcia de las Llaves and Jamie Corcoran were our top players, as I expected, and I have unearthed a few gems such as winger/striker Bosko Fustar. Gordon was the 2nd top goal scorer, and we had 5 players in the Team of the Year (Sanchez : GK; Maxwell : LB; Corcoran : CM; Garcia de las Llaves : AMR and Gordon : ST).
We did win 1 trophy though - the Challenge Cup. The easiest trophy in Scotland, especially if you have just been relegated from the top division. I got a lucky draw, and won easily, adding to my trophy haul.
Fun Fact: The last 3 Premier League winners have been Hearts, then Kilmarnock, then Hearts again. No longer a Glasgow dominance.
We have got another trophy in the bag - the next African Cup of Nations - meaning I have won the last 3 out of 4 with Nigeria and SA. SA's 2nd consecutive one. I needed to reach the final to save my job (The WORST thing on FM, is that you lose your job so easily as an international manager) and nervously did it. The match engine in the final fucked up, saying I lost 2-1 on penalties, only to find out I won 4-2!
I am midway through my first Confederations Cup, hoping to add that trophy to the haul.
Fun Fact: We are 44 matches unbeaten, only conceding 26 in that time - 5 of which were in the African Cup of Nations 2043 against Morocco. We are unbeaten since 2042. We have taken every African scalp in that time as well as Norway, Argentina, Czech Republic and a draw against Italy.
So, I bid whoever is reading this pile of bollocks farewell, and I hope to be in the Premier League come next update.
#58369 Metropolitan Man
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#289152 Me Vs The World
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#50727 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
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#289151 Me Vs The World
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#289150 Me Vs The World
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So, how hard is this going to be? Well, we have a small amount of players, and in the Russian First Division, you are only allowed 3 foreign players. I have inherited a very financially insecure club, with a lot of foreign players, meaning I can't sign any Russian players, I can't play any matches right now. I holidayed the first match, which ended 2-0 to us, and we do actually have some quite good players, but our financial woes means we will most probably have to flog them.
We are mid table at the moment, and look solid. There are a dangerous amount of relegation spots, and we need to clear well away from those. We need players immediately, and I will look into selling to gain funds. I have released tons of staff, as it seems staff all clump to clubs, and we had like 10 million scouts. It is gonna be one helluva challenge
#289149 Me Vs The World
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Sao Paolo?
Hardly any jobs have popped up, not even lower league jobs! There was SV Mattersburg, in Austria, a country which I have virtually completed, and Sao Paolo. I wanted to start lower in a country, but this is tempting. 2nd in the league and 16.5 million to spend on! That is more than I had at QPR last season!#289148 Me Vs The World
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End of Season awards 2043
Kalinic dominated proceedings, as he would. Shame to see Suomi and Aarab not get any accolades after brilliant seasons. Sad to see myself only get 2nd in Manager of the Year also.#289147 Me Vs The World
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The Final Game
I have decided that after this season, I want to depart QPR and the UK for a while. Dan suggested Scotland, but I am not sure yet. Our last game saw Kalinic get his 68th goal and 21st Man of the Match of the season. Fitting end really.#289146 Me Vs The World
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The one that got away.
After 7 years of trying, the best cup in Britain is finally ours! An exciting match in which ex-Spud Dwain Reid notches a tap in at the back post to win it for us!#45588 What is your Favourite FM of all time
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#45584 Taking on the World Challenge
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Same manager/ same save- I have had two different managers due to a bug which made me create a new manager
#289145 Me Vs The World
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So back to international football. The last time I managed this competition, I failed miserably and got sacked. Hopefully this doesn't end the same way!
First up our group
Contenders:
Ghana, Guinea and Cameroon - two fallen forces and a dark horse. And us. We were favourites obviously after getting to the quartes of the World Cup the previous year! Cameroon haven't been themselves for a long time (44th in World Rankings) - although their star player is doing amazingly well in the Premier League. Ghana have fell and don't have the quality they once had to form a realistic attack on the better nations (43rd in the World Rankings). The dark horses are Guinea, who are having minor successes recently and are doing quite well (33rd in the World Rankings). Then there is us (5th in the World Rankings!)
An easy win over Guinea, was followed by a hard grafted draw against Ghana. We needed a win over Cameroon and we duly obliged. Despite this we finished 2nd in our group disapointingly.
We faced Morocco, the team of Anas Aarab, one of the players injured in my previous post, and a star player. This match had it all. It went down to the wire. Awful defending led to a 7-5 victory to us. Crazy but tense match.
Next up is my bogey team of every save with every African nation (apart from managing them anyway). Ivory Coast, with a Drogba and a Toure in their team. But we ripped them apart to get to the final.
The stage was set, but a mess up by Nigeria meant it could not be. I wanted to face my old team in the final, but alas, I had to face Mali! And again, we win the trophy. A 5-0 trashing proved that we were the best team in Africa.
So, I don't think there is a Confederation's Cup coming up, so I'll have to win the next African Cup of Nations to qualify for that!
The quality of my updates are down to the mood I am in. I haven't written a decent update for a while, so I am giving you a detailed couple today, to make up. I hardly wrote anything about the World Cup, a trophy much more important than another African Cup of Nations which I have already won.
#289144 Me Vs The World
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Okay, this post is going to be a very angry one. FM 12 bullshit prevents me from winning CL once again! First up, my signings last summer.
Pablo Perez has been very useful this year and is an excellent CM, and Dwain Reid, for those of you that have read my story, was our 2nd top scorer when we got promoted back up to the Premier League, so for him to come back was really good.
Our first trophy of the season was once again the Community Shield.
An easy win with big Kal and Suomi scoring. I am so far into the game, I can't even access fixtures from that time!
I am only going to post a screeny of the Premier League table with 6 games to go, as I have won the title very easily and I am going to holiday on - apart from the FA Cup matches.
The League Cup didn't end well, with my first defeat in something like 15 games against Chelsea. We still finished runner up though, so our history of dominating this trophy is true again.
We have got two games left in the FA Cup - the first is a semi against Portsmouth which I expect to breeze through, and then into the final against either Spurs or Newcastle.
Then the competition when I am going to rage. The group phase was piss easy. Werder Bremen were our main competitors and Real Madrid were too easy for us. Top of the group.
We then beat Sporting - our old parent club - very easily. And our next destination was once again in Lisbon, against our hated club Benfica. Somehow they are the best club in the world right now, although I seem to remember destroying them with Stromsgodset in 2021!
They injure Suomi, Aarab and Reutershahn!! My two strikers and my CM, and then Big Kal decides to go get sent off! The WORST MATCH EVER. I HATE HOW FM CAN RUIN YOU PLAN AND SEASON IN ONE FUCKING MATCH!!! OUR BEST 3 STRIKERS AND CM ALL OUT FOR THE RETURN LEG - I HAD TO EVEN PLAY A CM IN STRIKER IN THE AWAY GAME!!!
So yeah, we got destroyed.... I hate FM. Oh and to make things worse, my 2nd choice CB got injured this game aswell. Fuck.
A few things:
So a choice for you lot? Should I move on? I have won everything near the top division in England, and I kinda want to move on to another country. Should I stay and win the CL? I have won 5 Premier League's in a row now, which was my original objective.
#44943 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
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Not a bad thing though for us readers, but surely you need a break! How often do you play?
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#39939 Me Vs The World
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Got relegated a couple of seasons back. I think I mentioned it.