Pro Evo 2009

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One of the few games I buy on release date every year. Especially looking forward to this years. United are licensed again, Konami got the Champions League license, Wembley is in, Nike, Puma & Adidas boots, there's a new 'Be A Pro' type mode, gameplay overhaul with a bunch of new shit and...well it's just Evo, best console football game year in, year out. Out in a month (17th October)

[Danny Electric]

Same here, get it every year.

[Bad Company]

It's hard to make the graphics better really, but I'll be getting it.

[Penner]

Hopefully the online will be better this year.

[Disturbed316]

Getting FIFA

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Like there's a chance I wasn't getting this anyway. The UCL license just makes it sweeter

[Bad Company]

Getting FIFA
lol what?

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Getting FIFA

You must be a mentally disabled shithead.

[DrA]

Everyone in this game has muscular quadriceps.

[Confused]

Much as i love the Pro Evo games i'll be renting it first this year as the last version or two haven't really been all that great.

Still miles ahead of Fifa though.

[Disturbed316]

FIFA was miles better than Pro Evo last year, and this years FIFA is shaping up to be even better.

[ct2k]

Joleon Lescott looks exactly the same as Yakubu and Joseph Yobo on 2008, shocking

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Much as i love the Pro Evo games i'll be renting it first this year as the last version or two haven't really been all that great.

Still miles ahead of Fifa though.


What? They've been as brilliant as always.

Anyone who thinks FIFA is better, I don't know where to begin on their problems.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

FIFA was miles better than Pro Evo last year, and this years FIFA is shaping up to be even better.


Lay off the crack?

[CSL]

FIFA was miles better than Pro Evo last year, and this years FIFA is shaping up to be even better.

lol. People who claim FIFA is/was better last year crack me up. It's like they're so used to playing a shite, inferior arcade football game that as soon as it shows any kind of improvement, it's so noticeable that people's brains tell them 'WOAH! This is better than that other game!! That one we've not been any good at for the last 10 years!'

Admittedly, FIFA is no longer awful and can be fun to play but just because it became more of a sim game and less arcadey, it still wasn't even close to Evo, let alone miles better than. And having played the FIFA demo this year, unless Evo comes out and is WORSE than last year (which it won't be) it's gonna be the same story again this year

[ct2k]

I always remember FIFA being way too easy, especially with regards to set pieces

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I always remember FIFA being way too easy, especially with regards to set pieces

Yup, and outside the box scoring.

I played Euro 2008 quite a bit. It was fun in that captain mode where you and 3 other players compete to get the captancy for England. The actual game blew compared to Pro Evo though.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Joleon Lescott looks exactly the same as Yakubu and Joseph Yobo on 2008, shocking

Are you calling Konami racist? :eek:


I played Euro 2008 quite a bit. It was fun in that captain mode where you and 3 other players compete to get the captancy for England. The actual game blew compared to Pro Evo though.

Yeah except where you pick like Nicky Shorey, Stewart Downing and Phil Neville to compete against and the retarded logic means THEY MUST PLAY EVERY GAME. EA not thinking something through properly, what a surprise :roll:

[The Mackem]

Liverpool and Man Utd the licenced teams this year? Sucks. It was actually quite fun playing as shite teams like Spurs and Newcastle. Would have been cool to play as more shite teams like Sunderland.

[Penner]

North London.

Old Firm Blue.

Berkshire Blues.

[The Mackem]

I guess no Berkshire Blues this year unless they start doing the lower divisions.

[The Mackem]

:'(

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Liverpool and Man Utd the licenced teams this year? Sucks. It was actually quite fun playing as shite teams like Spurs and Newcastle. Would have been cool to play as more shite teams like Sunderland.

A data patch always comes out pretty quickly, nor is that difficult to just edit the team names anyway.

[The Mackem]

It's not quite the same though, I have edited it all myself up to the current date. Great sense of achievment when I wrote 'Boyle Sports' on the Sunderland kits.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

The data patches usually have fully editted kits and sponsors.

[The Mackem]

And how do I get one onto my trusty old PS2?

[Mr. Monday Morning]

I've not used one but from what I remember you buy it and it loads the data onto a memory card for you

[El Capitano Gatisto]

I would always get it passed along from someone else so I'm not exactly sure how to get it initially, but it involves downloading an option file from the internet using some sort of device that connects to a PS2 as well then replacing your Pro E option file with that one.

Usually comes with all players and secrets unlocked too.

[U-Warrior]

AR Max is probably the device you guys are thinking of.

[XL]

Yeah, I used to DL the proper kits / teams etc for the PS2. You can find some really good work out there.

Now I'm 360 there don't seem to be many / any around!?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Something to do with the save format makes it hard or impossible apparently.

Not too bothered, with the 360 Webcam, I can take pictures of sponsors or badges to put them in the game.

[XL]

I heard they looked shitty doing it that way?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

A little, but it's only noticeable during goal celebrations really.

[The Mackem]

I know Pro Evo only get a part licence for the Premier League but what are the details around it and why only two teams and not...ten?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I know Pro Evo only get a part licence for the Premier League but what are the details around it and why only two teams and not...ten?

They don't even get a part license, they have to license teams individually. As to why not more, I would presume money.

[CSL]

I think EA Sports have some kind of deal with the Premier League which limits Evo to 2 English teams. Or something like that.

And in regards to the kit stuff, the previous next gen version had no logo editor for you to create badges and sponsors etc but that's back in this year

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Hopefully, when that deal runs out, PES can grab the license though like they did with the Champions League :D

[The Mackem]

So if PES has the Champions League licence, does that not mean they can everyone in the Champions League meaning the English clubs as well or is only name rights of the CL or are the English clubs exempt or something?

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Played the FIFA 09 demo yesterday. First time it froze my 360 :|, second time it was shite. Nothing's changed.

[The Mackem]

Is it right that FIFA is going to cost £20 more than PES?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

So if PES has the Champions League licence, does that not mean they can everyone in the Champions League meaning the English clubs as well or is only name rights of the CL or are the English clubs exempt or something?

I believe UEFA has no distribution rights to team trademarks, unlike the individual leagues. I believe it was a problem with the Spanish league too.

[The Mackem]

So what do they get with the Champions League licence apart from the CL logo and all their sponsors?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Errr, a complementary drink for Konami?

[Disturbed316]

Is it right that FIFA is going to cost £20 more than PES?

Gameplay have FIFA and Pro Evo for £39.99 for the 360 and PS3. The only system that Pro Evo is cheaper on is the PS2.

[Ogen]

Demos on Live dunno not too impressed seems the exact same just a bit slower. If they've fixed the online play I'll get it right away if not I may leave it a bit. Ball seems to go off in mad ways like just not really smooth or something.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I was playing FIFA 09 and it is actually a great game, but it's not football. 1st match on world class, Aston Villa 7 - 1 Chelsea. It's fun, but come on, have something that flows like football FFS.

[XL]

What makes you think that won't be the scoreline on Sunday??

[CSL]

Picked this up about 1.30 this morning from ASDA. Didn't make it to uni today

The custom soundtracks and importing chants are amazing additions, ditto the new/kind of same as the editor from a few years ago with more options. People can no longer complain about lack of licenses, they no longer matter. I just won 2-1 away against West Ham with a shitload of cockneys singing 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles' and them wearing a kit that could be licensed it looks so good. :heart: this game

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Become a legend mode is brilliant. Currently made Crouch a benchwarmer for Pompey because of how good I am. Still, he gets a good run out because my stamina's shite :(

[CSL]

I haven't got round to playing it yet but it looks great. Can you play international tournaments/Champions League during your career? I got the impression that you might be able to from the list of Milestones

[XL]

CSLi, you got it for PS3 or 360?

I noticed ASDA had it for PS3 at £27.00!! Didn't see a price for 360 version (although judging by the fact that they also had the TNA game for £20 on PS3 whilst it was £31.something for 360 I'm not holding my breath!)

And how does the 'Become A Legend' mode work? Do you play as a single player with 10 AI team mates?

[CSL]

PS3. £27 from ASDA. Was legendary. I was expecting to pay £32-35

And yeah, Become a Legend is like that, similar to EA's Be A Pro

[XL]

You have any idea why they're selling PS3 games so much cheaper??

And how different is it playing as one player? I reckon I'd be offside all the time!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Become a legend is like master league, so you've got League A, B, C, D & E (C is the Premiership) and 2 euro competitions. You can play for your country, but I haven't been picked yet.

If you've strayed off side, you get a flag above your head.

Unlike EAs mode, it's not 4 seasons. It's from age 17 up to 30-odd.

I played on Top Player for a bit but it's a bit shit on Legend mode, just because of the really slow build up. Try playing as a striker for a team with one striker on top player. Isolation doesn't cut it....

[XL]

Also, importing chants!?!?!?!

I was almost contemplating buying FIFA for the first time since FIFA 99, but that has just sold PES to me.

[XL]

MOTHER FUCKER!!

Just checked the ASDA website. Seems that PES for 360 was also £27 and they had a copy on display!! If only they'd had the price on the shelf.

Fingers crossed they have a copy left tomorrow!!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I gotta say something else about become a legend. You can really see players personalities.

The manager keeps swapping Defoe and Utaka up-front. Defoe gets the ball and just has the goal in mind. If Utakas playing, I'll score because he creates goals instead of being a ball-greedy bastard :D

[XL]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! Managed to pick it up today from ASDA! For £27!!

Anyone know of a decent website I can download chants from?

All I gotta do now is complete a Treble winning season, unbeaten in the league on Pro Evo 08 before I give this a spin.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Here is a quick comparison of Be a Pro Vs. Become a Legend as they are my fave modes from each game.

Pro: 4 seasons of action, including end of season transfers
Legend: from age 17 to a maximum of 35 (You can retire from international, or alltogether, from 27)

Pro: Can pick your starting age
Legend: You start at 17

Pro: If you're not picked, you play for the reserves, complete with a sell-out crowd to watch that reserve game
Legend: If not picked, you play an inter-squad match for either the A or B team. If you're playing for the A-Team, the managers trying you out to see if you could make the bench

Pro: The next step is a combination of starting games, and reserve games
Legend: The next step is making appearances from the bench

Pro: Once you make it as a starting 11 player, it's impossible to be relegated back to the reserves
Legend: Your form is always monitored and you could be back to the training ground.

Pro: Transfers occur at the end of the season. If you don't pick a transfer, you stay with your existing club no matter what.
Legend: There is a transfer window mid-season and all contracts are until the end of the season. If you've not been playing well, your club may not give you a new contract.

Pro: You can call for a pass (even the type of pass) and your team-mate will usually do what you say. You can even tell them to shoot.
Legend: You can call for passes, but you won't always get them. Until you've earned the respect of your team-mates, you may only get passes given to you when they feel like it.

Pro: Top goalscorer awards
Legend: All major awards (Best player of competition, Top Scorer, Most Assists as well as world, european, domestic and international player of the year)

Pro: Fatigue doesn't seem to affect game-to-game. You will start.
Legend: Fatigue grows on you and you may be dropped to the bench for a rest ahead of important games

Pro: You pick where attributes are allocated and get bonuses for doing certain things during a match, pre-defined before the game
Legend: You pick pick what to focus on, but points come from match experiences and what you did in each match

Pro:If you get made captain, you get to pick the formation and starting line-ups
Legend: I'll let you know if/when I'm made captain ;)

I much prefer Legend mode but YMMV

[CSL]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! Managed to pick it up today from ASDA! For £27!!

Anyone know of a decent website I can download chants from?

All I gotta do now is complete a Treble winning season, unbeaten in the league on Pro Evo 08 before I give this a spin.

Have a browse around the PESFan forums (http://forums.pesfan.com/index.php). If you find none to your liking there, odds are there'll be a link to elsewhere. I haven't noticed any for 360 though but I assume you can import chants on XBox too

[XL]

I'm a bit PO'd about how "old" the squads are. Villa have Friedal, Luke Young, Cueller and Shorey missing. None of these guys were bought on deadline day and that shouldn't be an excuse anyway. The game came out a month and a half after the transfer deadline. How much efforst does it take to put players in the right squad? You don't have to re-render like you would to update Smackdown Vs Raw.

I can't even add Shorey cos there's no Reading for obvious reasons. But I'm sure I remember previous games having unasigned players!? Shorey has broken into the full England squad and yet this game has no trace of him!?

As for the Master League - I'm sure last year you could start in the top division, but they've removed that option this year so you're stuck playing a bunch of random teams in Division 2.

As for the gameplay, I usually struggle going from one Pro Evo to another as they "feel" different, this one is a very easy transition from last years game. I beat Liverpool 4 - 0 with Villa on Regular. Which is something that I would never have done in previous new PES's.

Also, I haven't spotted a "Import Chant" area yet. Why would PS3 get this exclusive and 360 get nothing??

[CSL]

To find out if you can import chants, go to edit mode, edit team and at the bottom there should be a 'Cheering Stance' option

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I'm sure in Master League you couldn't start in the top division last year.

[XL]

Yeah, there is a cheering stance option. Not checked it out fully yet though.

And I know you could start in the top league cos I finished 6th and qualified for the Masters Cup in my first season last year.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

LOVING Become a Legend even more now. Chelsea were very active in the summer, they bought myself, Babel and Van Persie and we are indistructable.

[XL]

How long did it take you to get some actual match action rather than a training match?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

For Pompey, about 5 games. Broke into the Chelsea bench after only 2 though.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Hasney does it play like the demo? Because tbh I found the passing in that a bit hit and miss, and for some reason it had ball on string syndrome as well :-\

[Confused]

Become a legend is fantastic. I am literally playing this game to death.

It is fantastic. Shame i'm absolute pish!

[XL]

lol. Glad I'm not the only one then.

Took me 12 or 13 training matches to make the bench!! Although when I got some game time I should have scored on debut, was kept out by a fine save in my second appearance and bagged my 1st professional goal (in fact my first goal full stop) against Villa (the team I support) and then in the last game of the half season I won MIP (Best player on losing team) in a game against Liverpool.

Had offers from Sunderland, Stoke, West Ham and Fulham in the Mid Season transfer window but stuck with Wigan for now.

I didn't think I'd enjoy this mode but, like Confused, it's taking up most of my game time - not even started Master League yet!

[Mr. Monday Morning]

does it play like the demo? Because tbh I found the passing in that a bit hit and miss, and for some reason it had ball on string syndrome as well :-\

ahem :mad:

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Dunno, didn't play the demo. Passing seems pretty good to me though.

[CSL]

It kind of plays like the demo, yeah. I find the 09 demo more similar to Evo 2008 than 2009. I was turning teams over for fun in the demo but I'm in an adjustment period atm with the full game. Passing is realistic but can be frustrating. I find it works out well, you won't see Michael Carrick misplace too many passes but your standard undeveloped 18 year old might struggle

[The Mackem]

lol. Glad I'm not the only one then.

Took me 12 or 13 training matches to make the bench!! Although when I got some game time I should have scored on debut, was kept out by a fine save in my second appearance and bagged my 1st professional goal (in fact my first goal full stop) against Villa (the team I support) and then in the last game of the half season I won MIP (Best player on losing team) in a game against Liverpool.

Had offers from Sunderland, Stoke, West Ham and Fulham in the Mid Season transfer window but stuck with Wigan for now.

I didn't think I'd enjoy this mode but, like Confused, it's taking up most of my game time - not even started Master League yet!


You had the chance to play for Sunderland but didn't go???!!!

What positions are you all playing? Up front?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I've got two going now, my first is up front (the Pompy then Chelsea one) but I've decided to be a center back in top player skill as well.

Not happy though, Chelsea keep putting me out on the wing :(

[XL]

Yeah, I'm an Attacking Midfielder but often end up playing up front, a lot of the time as a solo striker.

I didn't think you had the option of centre back!? I was sure my options were all midfield / forward options (LMF, RMF, CMF, W, SS, FW, etc).

[#BROKEN Hasney]

See, I thought I picked CMF myself, but the tells me I'm a CB and that's where I play. Might just be a bug :(

[XL]

Hansey, you got any tips for BAL?

I'm playing Attacking Midfield for Wigan. My own shots always balloon over and my team mates don't seem to be able to finish anything I provide for them. I'm pretty much always in the first XI but I'm not attracting offers from any bigger clubs, etc.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Don't shoot from range, a pass (even if not finished) is going to do more for your rating than skying a shot (I don't think I've scored a goal from outside the box yet)

Corners are your friend. If you're not taking them, fuck it and take up a position on the edge of the 6 yard box, by the near post and head that shit in.

Always look down the wings for a chip through ball on the break, and storm into the box.

Get a transfer to a club around you that has good strikers. I know Zaki and Hesky are good IRL, but neither can finish in the game. If you get an offer for pompy, snap that up and you should be assist leader in no time.

[XL]

Funny you should say about corners...all 3 of the goals I've scored have come off corners or crosses from that area.

Thanks for the advice.

[CSL]

Official update is available. It's pretty sweet

[DRBailey]

Where do you get this update?

[CSL]

It's gone now. There was a problem with Nicklas Bendtner so they took it down. It'll be back up in the next few days apparently

[XL]

Do you need XBox Live for the update?

Or is it a XSATA / XPLORER job?

[CSL]

I don't think it came out for XBox at all. But it will be out when the new one is released. Not sure how it works with XBox though, it's a patch meant for everybody though so I assume you wouldn't have to have anything special for it

[Confused]

Will the patch automatically download to my PS3?

[The Mackem]

I'm thinking I will pick up Pro Evo, it seems to have a bit more about it than Fifa's mode. I enjoyed playing Fifa with a mate but Pro Evo sounds more challenging.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Fucking hell.

Don't ever sign for Deportivo :mad:

[XL]

Got picked up by Chelsea! Broke into the starting line-up within about 6-7 games.

I've also been called into the England squad for the Euros and World Cup qualifiers and been named in the European and World Team of the Year. But i suspect that this might happen automatically.

[The Mackem]

Bought it last night but haven't played it yet. It's been on my mind all day haha

[The Mackem]

Think I started on too an easy a level as a striker. Got signed up to Bolton up front instead of Newcastle and West Ham. Bolton only play one up front but I was coming on as a sub at half time in the first five games as a right winger, scored a goal. Then they tried me up front as a sub against Pompey, didn't score but they kept faith in me. Started the next game against Stoke, scored a hat-trick before coming off cos I was knackered, the team went on to win 5-0. Biggest clue that I need to up the level is when we beat Liverpool 3-0 the next game, scored two and set one up.

I'll start again tonight. Enjoying it though.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Got the fuck out of Depor after 10 goals in the first half of the season, another couple for England in the World Cup qualifiers (6 goals in 10 games :cool: ) and signed for Villareal :D

Going to be hard to knock Nihat or Rossi out of the team but once I do this should be fucking golden.

[The Mackem]

Sadly, I don't think the Champions League is in the PS2 version.

If I can knock Elmander out of the Bolton team, you can knock out Nihat or Rossi MMM. What difficulty level are you playing at?

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Can't remember, I think it's the next one up from Normal.

I'm good enough that when I signed for Spurs right after they'd signed Rooney he got shunted out onto the left wing :D

[The Mackem]

:D

Restarted my game last night on a higher level. Went to Bolton again as a Striker/Second Striker/Winger. First substitute apearance was as a defensive midfielder for the injured Gavin McCann. Next two games were as left and right wingers, scored my first goal by rounding Tony Warner against Hull. After that they started me against Liverpool, on my own up front. Hard game that, they took me off on 70 minutes with the score at 0-0 - Kevin Nolan went on to win Bolton the game. Got dropped against Man Utd (we got beat 4-0 and I got straight back into the team), then had a run of a few games from the start. Best was against Wigan where I scored two. Been dropped another two games against Arsenal (after being up front against Chelsea by myself) and Spurs.

It's hard at Bolton cos you are up front every game by yourself. I'm a quick and nippy striker but they still put up a few long balls for me to try and get to. Frustratingly, sometimes when they take me off as a sub, they change to a 4-4-2 system. Dunno, think I'll feed on the scarps at Bolton this season and then try to move on to a team where I'll at least have a strike partner.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Yeah playing up front solo isn't that great, although for some reason England play 4-5-1, very attacking though so there's always good support.

Took a while to break into the team but now I'm firmly in the rotation, scored 4 in 5 including 2 against Villa in the away leg of the UEFA Cup :D

[Impeccable]

Sounds awesome...recently traded in FIFA 09...how does it compare to fifa?

Thinking about getting this

[XL]

I noticed that whilst I was at Newcastle they'd always play 1 upfront (I think Chelsea are playing the same way too) but they never keep the same striker from match to match. Martins scored a brace in one game then didn't feature for 4 games. Odd.

[The Mackem]

The frustrating thing is that I can go a whole game without getting anything decent maybe a half decent chance, get a rating under 6.0 and get dropped for the next game. The daft thing is that if they played more attacking I wouldn't get dropped. They then tend to get beat in the game I am not in the team, then I go back into the starting eleven.

Anyway, played about ten games last night scored 3 goals or so, 2 against an absolutely shocking Everton defensive display, 1 against Stoke. Also won my first penalty which Nolan blazed wide. Bolton keep on plugging away, think we are in 6th or 7th in the league.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

I've had about 5 penalties so far and missed them all :o

[The Mackem]

You have taken them personally? Wish I were taking ours, not likely while I play for Kevin Nolan Wanderers. To be honest he's probably one of our best players, he weighs in with a few goals. Some of the others are shockingly bad, horrible passers or just run in to opposition defenders. Was getting sick of Matty Taylor until he banged in a belter, Cohen gets frustrating as well.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Yeah it seems a bit random as to who it selects to take them midgame. One or two were in penalty shootouts but bar one that I blazed over the bar the rest have been saved :mad:

Bloody annoying since it's normally me who wins them (and not by diving :p)

[XL]

After half a season at Chelsea (where I scored once from LWF) I had offers from Man Utd, AC Milan and Real Madrid.

Figured I'd stick with Chelsea for now rather than return to the training matches at a new club. Wish they'd play me in the centre or even upfront now my stats have improved.

[The Mackem]

Was tempted to move to PSG in January but I looked at the team and noticed that they were playing 4-5-1 as well so I thought I'd stick with Bolton. We don't lose many games but draw a lot against the good and not so good. Can draw one week against Liverpool and then the next against Hull. Thought we were going to draw 0-0 at home to Man Utd when I got subbed off. Kevin Nolan then proceeds to assault the Man Utd defence skipping passed about five of them and blasting an unstoppable shot into the top corner. I think we are about 8th or 9th in the league and I'm 5th top scorer in the league.

Really into the game, would play it loads more if I could. Try to keep it down to an hour at night at most though. Most satisfying performance last night was against Newcastle away. They took a two goal lead in the first half. In the second I pulled one back with a fine finish past a distraught Shay Given and the that crazy Argentinian with a perm scored an own goal to gift us a 2-2 draw.

Team selection is crazy at times. Walker tends to play more than Jaskelainen, Walker has this annoying habbit of playing the ball short to the nearest man in times of defensive danger. Cohen continues to be played even though when Muamba plays the odd time he is a much better and adds more to the attack. Get it sorted Megson!!

[XL]

FUCK this is pissing me off!

Before I used to get about 75 mins on the pitch per match, now I keep getting subbed on about 55 and not because I'm fatigued. It's also not that I'm playing poorly as I always have one of the highest ratings for the team.

I just scored in back to back games and now I don't start the next game. And all this whilst Chelsea can't get a win. We're like 11th-13th in the league!!

[Funky Fly]

FUCK this is pissing me off!

Before I used to get about 75 mins on the pitch per match, now I keep getting subbed on about 55 and not because I'm fatigued. It's also not that I'm playing poorly as I always have one of the highest ratings for the team.

I just scored in back to back games and now I don't start the next game. And all this whilst Chelsea can't get a win. We're like 11th-13th in the league!!

Go into the options and set "Manager AI" from "Retard" to "Intelligent". :shifty:

[The Mackem]

I tend to get subbed at around 70-80 minutes, then they tend to change to a 4-4-2 formation. Unbelievable.

Last night I put us in the lead against Arsenal in the cup, subbed me off on about 75 minutes. Arsenal then equalise and I have to sit through extra time and penalties which Arsenal won :(

Eight games left until the end of the season, might possibly get into Europe but I'm seriously considering leaving at the end of the season if any decent offers come in.

I'm at about 13 Goals in 22 games or something like that, still in the running for top goalscorer. Need to up my game a bit and by that I mean bolton need to attack more :mad:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

What's your average rating Mackem? With that kind of ratio you should get some decent teams come in for you.

Won the UEFA Cup with Villarreal :D

Lost the first leg of the semis at home to Fiorentina 3-1 :o but won the away leg 4-1 :eek: and then beat Milan in the final 3-0. Scored in each of those games, finished top scorer for the competition :)

Signed for Real in the summer. Not going that great, defence is still shipping goals as usual and I've not quite broken the rotation yet so I can still end up on the bench game to game. Scored a few though.

[The Mackem]

Finished the season - 30 appearances 16 goals. Needed to get the hell out of Bolton because for every good game I had there would be about three or four which were almost write offs because the team barely attacked.

Had a few offers from teams like Bologna, Napoli, Deportivo, St Etienne, Hull but the one that stuck out was Roda JC from the Netherlands. They play an adventurous 4-3-3 formation. I came on half way through the second half in the first match against Feyenoord a goal down. After a few minutes, the coach changed to 4-2-4. Makes a big difference from always playing in a 4-5-1 formation at Bolton. Scored my first goal in my second appearance as a half time sub. Hope to break the top three in Holland with this team.

I would have went ot the other teams but I think Hull might have been frustrating in respect to creating goals, Bologna and Napoli didn't have as good a midfield as Roda JC. Deportivo play 4-5-1 which I had no interest in, the choice was between St Etienne and Roda JC really.

I'm not sure what my average rating was last year. Funny thing was at a point I saved the game and simmed the last eight games to see what happpened at the end of the season and I eneded up in the league eleven. When i actually went back and played the games, I didn't. Was getting too many 5.5 ratings at Bolton when they weren't creating much, the better games I could easily get 7.0 - 8.0, they just weren't very regular.

By the end of the first season, all my stats had improved by four points from the first game.

[XL]

Season 6 = Best season for me yet.

CHELSEA

Scored 12 goals in all competitions from Centre Mid (and LWF sometimes).
We won the "FA Cup" beating Everton 1 - 0 in final (taking my personal record in finals against Everton to 2 wins, 1 loss).
Beat Man Utd 4 times (including Cup Semi Final) with me scoring in two games.
Drew too many league games finishing 8th overall - although one more win would have put is in Euro Qualification spots.
Knocked out of "Champions League" in Group Stages (proper not qualification ones).
Knocked out of "UEFA Cup" by Lyon (who were also in my CL group!?) in first match.
My average rating was around 6.50 with 12 Man of the Match performances. I didn't get in the Euro or World teams even though I was Chelsea's top scorer for the season. Think this was my second highest average rating - the highest one coming when I won the award for Top Assister and got into both Euro and World teams.


ENGLAND

Got my first International start against Turkey on the opening group game of the "World Cup".
Should have bagged a hat trick in 2nd game against South Africa but missed oppurtunity to get 1st goal for England.
Debut goal for England in 1 - 0 win over Peru to top the group.
Beat Hungary 2 - 0 in first KO stage.
Beat France 4 -1 in Quarters.
Beat Spain 2 -1 in Semi having gone 1 down on 32mins we scored in stoppage time at the end of the 90 then a goal on 95 in Extra Time holding out for win and a place in Final.
Beat Italy 5 - 3 on penalties after 0 - 0 draw. Of course I was subbed so didn't have a penalty to take.

TRANSFERS

Received offers from West Brom, Man Utd, Lyon, AC Milan and ASTON VILLA. I was very tempted to go to Villa as I'm a Villa fan IRL and they did finish above us. Decided to stick with Chelsea as I've only been there a season and a half.

I hope to move abroad in a few years and then return to England with Villa (or vice versa). Proviging I'm still doing well I guess.
My average rating for the season was around 6.50. Oddly enough though I wasn't selected for the Euro/World teams as I was when I was top assister a few seasons ago.

[XL]

In case you were wondering.

[The Mackem]

You better believe if I get an offer from Sunderland, I'm going :D

Do many other transfers occur around you in the game? Say if you are at a club for a few seasons and are doing well, for instance take a crap team the the league title, europwe etc, do they bring in quality players?

I remember Bolton brought in one or two people at the start of last season but nobody really noteworthy.

[XL]

Transfers are ludicrous tbh.

There are so many players that have switched between the "Big Four" that just wouldn't happen. Reina and Fabregas to Utd are prime examples. Beckham plays for Fulham, Gerrard has gone to somewhere like Torino, Everton have Mountinho.

Chelsea had Owen when I arrived and have signed Vicente (who I must be keeping out of the team) and Nani just joined in the last window - as well as other less well known faces over the years.

Basically there are loads of transfers that just wouldn't realistically take place.

[XL]

Also, I've had offers from Sunderland since the first season - even when I was playing for their biggest rival.

[The Mackem]

My first three offers were from Bolton, Newcastle and West Ham. Shame that 'Newcastle were not 'Sunderland' instead :(

[Cactus Sid]

Anyone know what features aren't on the PS2 version? I've read that the Champions League stuff isn't included, but this career mode sounds pretty sweet, was wondering if it was on the PS2.

[The Mackem]

Yeah the Champions League isn't on it apart from that I wouldn't know except the obvious better graphics. I've read some people commenting on that PS2 has better gameplay but I haven't played it on any of the next gen consoles.

I had 2008 on PS2 and just this BAL mode alone makes it a massive improvement on last year's.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Hit a really good vein of form. Seems I'm a bit like Rooney in that sense :o

Knocked Barca out of the Spanish Cup, put together a decent run in the league to climb to 5th (including walloping Santander 7-1 - scored 4, assisted 2, still only got an 8 :|) and scraped through to the champions league 1/4 finals after coming back from 2-0 down to beat Osasuna 3-2. Got Fiorentina up next, they should be scared after what I did to them last time :D

Getting a bit sick of some of my team-mates though. Drenthe can run fast and that's about it. Raul only passes to certain players. Robinho would rather try to dribble past 5 players than lay a pass square. And Sergio Ramos, when he's not giving the guy he's marking 10 yards to work in, 70% or more of the time when he tries to tackle gives away a penalty or a free kick on the edge of the box. Unreal.

Still, am up to 15 goals and 4 assists at the halfway point. Did think about signing for Valencia but World Cup 2014 will be at the end of the season and I don't want to be fighting David Villa to get into the team.

[The Mackem]

Don't get me started on team mates, some of them are the thickest idiots ever :mad:

Anyway still going with Roda JC, might have made a mistake joining them as they aren't too good. However we are into January and sitting in 9th or 10th which is about the same place Bolton finished last season. If we can improve by a few places I'll be happy. Strangely, it's not really Ajax, PSV, and Feyenoord that are the difficult teams in this league it's Heereven, FC Twente NEC etc who are hard to play against. I think the rest of the team raise their game against the bigger clubs.

Got high hopes for the cup, through to the second round - I think we have a chance.

Not really scoring many goals this year, I think I have about 7, but my all round game has improved :cool:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

I'm not 100% but I'm pretty sure european games count as 'bigger' games and so you get more experience bonus if you play well in them. Try and finish top 6 and you'll get into the champions league qualifying round :y:

[XL]

Is it odd that I enjoy coming here to read how everyone is doing in their careers?

Also, I was thinking of jumping up to 10 minute games cos I ened up with too many 0 - 0 draws playing at 5 minutes. How long do you guys play per game?

[Danny Electric]

10 minutes, in my third season at the moment.
Playing with Fulham, seem to have some bad luck in front of goal but I've got the top assists in the league at the moment.
Andy Johnson is the worst guy to ever play up front with, he regularly doesn't pass and shoots from rubbish positions.
But we're through to the champs league group stages so I'll stay till the end of season.

[The Mackem]

Yeah ten minutes here as well. I dread to think how little of the ball I would see with five minutes.

[XL]

Well I switched to 5 mins when I was stuck in the reserve games. Nothing worse than pointlessly running round for a full 10 minutes. Now my stats are better and I actually get passed to I think I'll up the time.

[XL]

LOL

First 10 minute game and I bag my first brace and then hat trick in a 4 - 0 win over Spurs. Then we went on to a classic versus Man Utd.

Kept up what is becoming a tradition by scoring at "Old Trafford". Rooney equalised before Hargreaves was red carded for bringing me down just outside the area. Corini made it 2 - 1 with the freekick. Man U were then given a penalty that Fabregas blazed wide. Rooney eventually got a second equaliser before I set Essien up to make it 3 - 2. United still had time to hit the post before the final whistle.

Gotta say, I love 10 minute games!!

[CSL]

10 minutes/Top Player. Spent first 2 seasons at Sunderland, took me about 7/8 games before I was first choice. Was pretty cool actually, survived 'relegation' on the last day of the first season. I had my favourite match so far, penultimate game of the season, against Chelsea, they needed to win to keep up with United I scored my first brace, one of them a penalty (also my first) to give United the title. Second season un-eventful

Signed for Spurs at the start of the third season, took me about 3 games before displacing Bent as the sole striker (which made no fucking sense since he was top scorer in the league with like 5-6 goals in the first 3-4 games) Great season for the team, finished 4th, scored something like 12 goals in the league

4th season was abysmal. Finished like 16th, had about 10 goals myself. Decided pretty early on in the season that I was gonna leave if a decent enough team from abroad came in (don't really wanna play for anybody else other than United in England) Celtic and AZ were the best non-English teams that came in. Stuck it out 'til the end of the season.

Signed for Porto in the 'summer'. Shit hot there atm, can't put a foot wrong, 7-8 games in, scored 6 goals in the league, 2-3 in Europe, got my first 3 caps for England off the bench. 'Tis all good. Wanna play for Milan/Inter/maybe Juve/Real/Barca/Bayern before returning to England with United. We shall see how it works out

[XL]

Added a further 4 goals for the season taking my tally to 8 goals from 5 games (since moving to 10mins)/7 games for the season.

However, I'm still on 'Normal' (or whatever the middle one is - wish they'd just stuck with the star system) guess I'll step if I do ridiculously well this season.

[Impeccable]

Just won a copy of this for £15 + £1.50 p&p on ebay...can't wait for it to turn up!!!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I wish they'd fix the netcode on this. How can I have a laggy 1 v 1 game on this and have a completely smooth 10v10 game on FIFA? :(

[El Capitano Gatisto]

I have this on PS3 now. I will fight anyone on it.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

I think I'm proper addicted to BEL mode. Was up til 3.30 last night finishing the season off :o

Won the league, just, by 2 points over Barca, and won the Champions League, beating Arsenal 4-1 in the final (avec hattrick) :cool: Joint top scorer for that one too. I was miles behind in the pachichi rankings though, going to have to work on that - finished with 29 goals and 9 assists for the season in all competitions.

Then won the World Cup :D Scored 8 goals, still didn't get top scorer due to Trezeguet hitting 9 :mad: 1 x Canada, 4 x Egypt, 2 x Romania, 1 x South Africa. Beating up the little teams :cool:

Had an offer from Milan to move but they play a strange 4-5-1 / 4-3-3 hybrid and have tons of strikers already, so going to stay at Real for a bit longer.

[XL]

Sounds like a good season for you MMM. You're not the only one who finds himself playing at ridiculous 'o' clock.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Didn't have a good rating for last season despite scoring so many goals so I'm concentrating on playing better for the team this year. Averaging about 7.2 at the moment, 3 goals and 5 assists from 7 games :D

[XL]

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LEAGUE - Winners
Great start, took a huge lead over the rest of the pack until Arsenal caught me. Slipped to 2nd before fighting to a 13 point lead at the top. Once again started to slip. Man U went ahead of me on goal difference - for one week. Won the league by 5 points.

19 Goals / 6 Assists


LEAGUE CUP - Semi-Finalists
Beat Villa (3-0 agg) and Liverpool (5-1 agg) before being knocked out on away goals to Everton (1-1).

4 Goals / 0 Assists


EUROPEAN MASTERS CUP - Winners
Beat Spurs (5-1 agg), Fiorentina (2-1 agg), Marseille (5-1 agg) and lastly Man Utd (1-0) where I got the winner.

4 Goals / 2 Assists



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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS
6 Matches / 4 Goals / 0 Assists
Qualified top of group.


A decent season overall. Started really well but the goals seemed to dry up towards the latter stages. Still fucked off with some team mates/squad selections.


CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
Offers from Chelsea (q), Torino, Portsmouth, Hull, Marseille (q), Barcelona, Villareal and Arsenal (q).

Would go to one of the Spanish teams but they didn't qualify for the "Champions League" so I'll stay at Chelsea another year I think. See if I can't add a CL medal to my League Cup (x2), League and Masters Cup medals.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

European Footballer of the Year :cool:

[The Mackem]

Well finished my season with Roda JC. Helped them up to 7th even though they were a worse team collectively than Bolton. Got into the League team. Scored 10 from 30 games. Was considering staying with Roda JC even though they managed to get worse in the new season. Then came an offer that was too good to refuse. 3 games in, Dutch tactical genius Steve McClaren comes in with an offer to play for FC Twente. They were already top of the league with 9 points as well so off I went!

They play a 4-5-1 formation but it feels a lot better than Bolton's and Roda JC's 4-3-3 come 4-5-1. At the end of November right now and have 8 goals and am at an average of 6.9. Second top goalscorer and second best player as it stands. Roy Makaay is ahead of me on both fronts but then there's no real shame in being second to him. 4 points clear at the top of the league.

[XL]

Do you get offers throughout the season when playing abroad?

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

Does anyone honestly buy these games for the single player? :nono:

[The Mackem]

Do you get offers throughout the season when playing abroad?

I was getting them until the end of August or September, then the transfer window closed.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

European Footballer of the Year :cool:

World Footballer of the Year :cool:

And Jabba Pro Evo is almost unplayable online, of course we buy it for solo play :nono:

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

Playing against the AI is so awful on football games. It's nothing like playing with real people.

Real people predict what you're gonna do, and try to react as best they can when they're wrong.

AI is unable to predict what you're gonna do, but has instant reflexes.

I played PES 4, 5, and 6 online with very little lag. 4 and 5 were on the XBox, and 6 was PC.

I mostly play with my brothers, for real human competition, and somebody in the room to laugh at when they miss an open net.

We switched to FIFA this time (first time since 99), since the latest PES is so bad.

[The Mackem]

The good thing about single player on this Pro Evo is that you don't know what the AI is going to do when you are playing on the same team.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

2008 and 2009 PES are terrible online.

Be a Legend is the only thing PES really has going for it anymore. 10 v 10 FIFA 09 games are great, either when people take it serious and keep their position, or if it's chaos and everyones ball following like a schoolboy match :D

Jabba: You ain't playing this on PC though, are ya?

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

Last footy game I played on the PC was PES 6.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Good. The PC version is severely gimped

[CSL]

Playing against the AI is so awful on football games. It's nothing like playing with real people.

Real people predict what you're gonna do, and try to react as best they can when they're wrong.

AI is unable to predict what you're gonna do, but has instant reflexes.

I played PES 4, 5, and 6 online with very little lag. 4 and 5 were on the XBox, and 6 was PC.

I mostly play with my brothers, for real human competition, and somebody in the room to laugh at when they miss an open net.

We switched to FIFA this time (first time since 99), since the latest PES is so bad.

You get like 1 or 2 decent games say per 20 or so online with Evo. Everybody else picks Barca, Inter, United or Brazil, gives the ball to Messi/Eto'o/Ronaldo/Adriano and charges down the wings, cuts in and shoots. It's not even that hard to defend against, it's just gets boring and annoying after a while. I'd rather play 'properly' and lose and squeel like a girl when something beautiful comes off than score the same goal a 1000 times. And there isn't anything wrong with the opposition AI on this years game. Best it's been in a long time. The same can't be said about your AI teammates however

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

Playing with friends/relatives is the best option, because you can make agreements on which teams to use and such.

I joined an online league for PES 6 on the PC, and certain teams/tactics were outlawed. So that's another option.

[Impeccable]

Finally my copy for the 360 has turned up...gonna spend all night on this.

[XL]

I agree in part with what Jabba is saying, however, as a gamer that isn't online I have to stick to playing the AI. Although there is nothing better than getting a few of the boys together for a proper one-on-one rampage.

Mind you, Become A Legend offers enough for the single player this year.

[Impeccable]

Gave the game some hammer and then went on BAL mode.

Playing as a second striker and scored in my scouted game with two assists and then signed for Pompey.

[The Mackem]

Oh man, level with Makaay on 17 goals right now, a hat-trick last night for me made it very interesting.

Also the cup competitions have started. In the semi final of the FA Cup equivalent and into the second stage of the UEFA cup like tournament. Funnily enough I was dropped to the bench for the start of both tournaments. We got past Espanyol after I came off the bench and scored two and now it's on to Seville.

[Impeccable]

What difficulty do you guys play Be a Legend on?

[XL]

I'm still on the 'Normal' level. Why the fuck did they do away with the star system anyway!?

[Impeccable]

I'm finding it ridiculously easy on normal on Be a Legend mode. For example, after five games, I've found myself in the starting squad for England.

I owned FIFA 09 for a few weeks, and so far, prefer that to Pro Evo. I'm not a fanboy, having more or less alternated between the two for about 10 years now, but this year, Pro Evo seems to be missing something.

I'm going to give it a couple more weeks.

[XL]

Is that 5 games for your club or 5 games for England?

If it's the later then I'm not suprised tbh. I think you get automatically drafted into the national side at a certain point.

[Impeccable]

No, after five games for my club, I was selected for an international qualifier for England against Slovakia.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Only gay people play Pro Evo on single player on anything other than Top Player or 6 stars.

[The Mackem]

4 games left and I'm top scorer with 20 while Makaay has 18. Top of the league with a 2 point lead over PSV. Got knocked out of Europe by Seville, got knocked out of the Dutch Cup by Ajax even though I put us 1-0 up, I got subbed on about 75mins, then they scored two :mad: Hoping that winning the league and being top scorer will make up for it. Scored 50 league goals now in my third season which I'm quite happy with considering some of the crap teams I was playing in.

[XL]

Only gay people (or those that are "confused about their sexuality") partake in sexual activities with members of the same sex.
Fixed :p

[The Mackem]

Won the league and was top scorer, decided that I needed to move on as I couldn't really do much more in that team. Moved to Italy to play for Fiorentina, a few games into the season and we are top and unbeaten. Joint second top scorer, Fiorentina are in the Champions League type tournament so it's all good, first match is up next.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Finished 2nd season at Real, won the league and was named Liga Player of the Year. However, lost the Champions League final when, after going 2-1 up against Man U on 79 minutes, the manager subbed me and changed to 4-3-3 :mad: We ended up losing 3-2 in extra time :rant:

It pissed me off enough to want a change, so I left Real after having scored 55 in 104 appearances (not bad, IMO). I am now at Juve, 2nd in Serie A and through to the proper group stages of Champions League with no problem. Currently joint capocannonieri also. Team isn't quite as good as I was hoping, I have to say, but not bad. Quaresma is awful, Adebayor is turd. Balotelli and Amauri are good to play alongside though.

[Oxstar]

Who's your favorite player in this game? Mine is probably Sergio Aguerro super skills and has the knack of putting the ball in the top corner from 20-25 yards, after a few seasons of master league most of his stats are 90+

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Finished the season at Juve with 37 goals and 11 assists :cool: Won Serie A, lost to Man U in the Champions League final, AGAIN :mad: this time on penalties. Got tired of Juve being terrible so signed for Chelsea, who are actually WORSE. We're 2nd in the league but got knocked out in the groups stages of the Champions League :$ UEFA Cup ftw.

Also am now 3-time World & European Player of the Year :cool: :cool: :cool:

[The Mackem]

I'm sort of switching between my BAL at Fiorentina and Master League with Sunderland. I can't compete with MMM's achievements :(

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Chelsea are shit, I signed for Man U in January. First game start on the bench, we go 2-0 down to Boro, I come on after 55 and we win 7-3 :cool:!!

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Playing it on 1 star I bet.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

:roll:

[XL]

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LEAGUE - Winners
Took us over half a season to get to top spot, pretty much held on to it from there. Retained the league by 11 points.

80 Pts / W 25 / D 5 / L 8 / F 64 / A 28

20 Goals / 10 Assists

Top Scorer
Team of the Season Member
Player of the Season


LEAGUE CUP - Winners
R1: v Man Utd (2-0 / 2-4)
QF: v Liverpool (4-0 / 1-1)
SF: v Arsenal (1-1 / 2-1)
Final: v Newcastle (2-0)

2 Goals / 3 Assists (Top Assister)


EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - Winners
Don't remember the Group Stage.
QF: v Real Madrid (1-2 / 3-2)
SF: v Arsenal (2-0 / 0-0)
Final: v Juvetus (2-0)

5 Goals / 0 Assists


OVERALL 27 Goals / 13 Assists / 6.82 Average Rating / 22 Man of the Match Awards / 9 MIP Awards



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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Disaster.

1st Game: v Serbia: Sent off for 2 yellows in a 2-0 loss.
2nd Game: v Germany: Ended 0-0
3rd Game: v Turkey: Returned to team with 2 assists in a 3-0 win over Group winners Turkey. Sadly not enough to get us through, lost out to Germany on Goals Scored.

2 Games / 0 Goals / 2 Assists


CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
Offers from Chelsea, Villa, Liverpool, Monaco, Lyon, Boro and...

I signed for A.C. Milan.

[Cactus Sid]

Just started a career, got offers from Newcastle, Bolton and West Ham, went to West Ham and played pretty well in my first 3 games off the bench (including making my debut playing towards the Kop) got a start against Wigan where I tackled a midfielder from kick off and smashed one in from about 40 yards, before getting a second with a header.

Only scored 2 others aside from those (about 11 games in) I keep getting dropped because of the fitness levels and always taken off, its unbelievably annoying.

Oddly, the only striker I enjoy playing up front with is Tristan, Cole is fucking shit and Ashton is the most selfish player I've ever seen.

Who knows where it'll go though, how quickly do stats shoot up?

[XL]

I still get taken off around the 70 minute mark and I'm the leagues best player! Reeeeeaaaaaaaaaaly frustrating.

Almost as frustating as the AI for team selection. Drogba comes into team, scores twice, dropped for Owen, who scores, dropped for Dembele, who is shit. Ryan Babel got a start as CF from nowhere in one of the Cup Finals - he did score a beauty though.

Which in turn isn't as frustrating as your team mates inability to put a decent cross in from open play. I beat the RB/LB and provide crosses at least 5 times per game, if I've run centrally the cross never comes.

[The Mackem]

Made Wolves and am attempting to get them in the 'Premier League'. The only players of theirs that I could find were Berra, Quashie and Keogh(sp?). Rest of the team are decent(ish) players of championship level.

Keogh is up front witt David Connolly. Quashi is in centre midfield with Grant Leadbitter. Keith Gillespie on the right wing, Hunt on the left. Defence are a few crap players and the goalkeeper is Northern Irish.

It's hard going but I'll get them there. Keogh is a bit crap mind.

[Ogen]

Chelsea are shit, I signed for Man U in January. First game start on the bench, we go 2-0 down to Boro, I come on after 55 and we win 7-3 :cool:!!

Are you even playing on 3 star

[Mr. Monday Morning]

YES FFS

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Made Wolves and am attempting to get them in the 'Premier League'. The only players of theirs that I could find were Berra, Quashie and Keogh(sp?). Rest of the team are decent(ish) players of championship level.

Keogh is up front witt David Connolly. Quashi is in centre midfield with Grant Leadbitter. Keith Gillespie on the right wing, Hunt on the left. Defence are a few crap players and the goalkeeper is Northern Irish.

It's hard going but I'll get them there. Keogh is a bit crap mind.

Hennessey may/should be in the game. Kevin Foley as well? :-\

[The Mackem]

Don't remember seeing them...anyway they will not fit in with the Wolves domination plan anyway :D

[The Mackem]

LOL that Wolves game failed when I overstretched their budget with a rookie error.

Anyway, I'm actually still play this game on BAL.

I'm a centre forward who started with Bolton but left at the end of a frustrating 4-5-1 formation to go to the Dutch League with Roda JC. They were playing what I thought was an attacking 4-3-3 formation which was actually 4-5-1 under another name so I sacked that for the best opportunity I could muster which was Twente who had qualified for the Champions League equivalent. Won the title with them and was top scorer and it was off to Italy to play for Fiorentina. Great season there where we were runners up in Serie A I believe (top scorer again) and we finished runners up in the Champions League. After this season I got picked for England to play in what I think was the Euro championships IIRC. We won and I was top scorer, it was really easy that after playing in a not overly creative Fiorentina side.

Went to Athletico Madrid who had beat Fiorentina in the Champions league final just to try the Spanish league out...it was a bit tough and took a while to get going and couldn't quite catch up to Barca and Real Madrid and ended 3rd, went out of the Champions League in the semi finals and wasn't top scorer in any of the competitions although not far off. Spain kinda sucked and after the season with Athletico Madrid I could pick where I wanted to go and had decided before the end of the season I was going back to England a hero. Picked Man Utd because they were ranked number one although in hindsight Chelsea might have a better team. Scored a blinder debut goal, probably the best I've scored so I saved it haha. Anyway won the league just, as Liverpool didn't win in their last game of the season, finished as the assist king (first time ever) but was two off Vela from getting the top scorer in the league. The bastards dropped me completely for the Champions League final and we got beat off Barca but I was still in the Euro Team of the year (another first).

Into the second season with Man Utd then and we're 6 league games in, last game was a classic with Chelsea. Both teams had won their first five and we went to Stamford Bridge. I was benched for the game but came on at the start of the second half on the left wing. Essien scored on 60 minutes but I was running my little legs off and started drifting into the centre forward positions. The manager decided to bring on Berbatov who I've rarely seen play in two seasons. The ball was bouncing about in the box and Berbatov played me in a bit wide of the goal, instead of going for the shot I turned 360 degrees and put him in for an easy finish on 86 minutes. I was quite happy with that until the normally useless Modric went on a run on the right and timed a cross along the floor straight onto my foot for an easy tap in, in injury time. Good times, felt like one of those 'special Man Utd moments'. Yeah fuck the new games I've still got a promising career to fulfill here.

The team can be annoying though. I was regulary playing with Tevez last season as Rooney was barely given a chance and ended up on the wing, seems to be playing more central this season. No Giggs, Scholes etc so the team had Modric and Park in the centre for a lot of last season who could both be extremely frustrating. Ronaldo isn't as good as when you play against him. He constantly turns for no apparent reason and loses the ball, Nani is ok but Giovinco is who I like to play with out on the wing the most. Defence is solid but there are like three keepers who they rotate around, Foster, Turner and that young foreign lad they have.

Want to get all the top acheivements before seeing if I can lift Sunderland into greatness, if they put an offer in.

[The Mackem]

Damn, looking back in this topic, I started this game around this time last year