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Does the patching improve defences at all? I'm sick and tired of my defender, with a marking rate of 17, losing his man for every single fucking goal I concede
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The patch doesn't seem to do much in my game, players still get a 3 when they are out of position, and this game still seems to have its flaws.
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I have a great computer but a shit monitor, so I can't play Footy Manager with other programs running
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Still loving this game despite some twat deleting my Norwhich save after 5 seasons as I was on the brink of European football. Currently in my 3rd season with Villa and Champions League football after an inspired 2nd season from Juan Sebastian Veron draged me up the table. That Freddy Adu kid is magnificent in the game only just gone 17 now in mine and is threating Hakin Yakin for a starting place.
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Depends on the player's versatility. Couldn't see Solano ever being a central midfielder in real life, anyway. In the game, some players just don't like being played out of position. Their morale will go down, and they sometimes complain about it.
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Left the game for 2 days when I went to London, playing 6 leagues, got to 2010.....Man City just won the double.
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Yeah I can understand Solano not doing great there but I'd have thought he'd do better than a 4. It's a very minor issue anyway. Game should improve loads with each new release especially as they refine things like manager mind games and all that. They need to sort the bosman issue out human controlled players can get too many great players on bosmans that the computer teams never seem to move for. Other than that I just wish they'd bring back the With/Without ball screens in the tactics screen. That was great for making tactics.
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Leicester had an offer on, that if you bought a year's subscription to Foxes World for £20, you get FM 2005 and a City shirt for free, so I'm expecting my copy soon.
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All Part Of The Plan
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Finished 2nd, got promoted. Signed Pistone, Smertin, Ortega (
!) and a few others on frees. Kinda hovering just above relegation zone atm but I've made friends with Benitez ![]() I went back and played 03/04 a little while ago and I gotta say I prefer FM soooooo much |
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I think my Villa team are finally ready to give Arsenal a go for the leauge title now 2008/2009 season. Allthough Arsenal haven't lost in 50 games or so. HAve Robinho and Tevez as my South American wonder strikers. And Freddy Adu has become rediculously good.
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Smashing Blouse
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New Patch Out Wednesday
Apparently, it'll also have a complete update. |
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Should be great.
I'm playing with Juventus currently, started the game a week ago. First game in ages. Just won Serie A on the last day of the season in a dramatic set of events. Was even on points with Inter, who were running away with it at one stage, at the top, and AC Milan were one point behind. Had to play AC Milan away in the last game of the season, and Inter were away to Atalanta. Beat Milan comfortably, but Inter were doing the business in Atalanta, until Pazzini slid in a late equaliser, handing me the league title. Had been chasing for the whole season. Finished about 17 points behind Inter the season before, when they dropped 5 points all season (1 loss, 1 draw). Also won the Champions League, to make it a double. Beat Arsenal 5-0 in the final. |
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Got the England job just before the World Cup, got knocked out in the second round by Brazil.
Partially glad about that. I'm really after the Ireland job, but Brian Kerr is secure. Spent the summer putting together an unbeatable squad at Juventus, bringing in some great talent with cover in every position. Then, after the first game of the season, Chelsea offer me their job, after Mourinho went to Barcelona. Had to take it. £45 million to spend, Ronaldinho in the squad. |
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Mr Gates, is there any chance I can sit in the changing room for a team talk, and meet the players, get their autographs, shower with them and stuff?
And yeah I am like certain that when Mourinho leaves Chelsea it will be to manage a national team or Barca, more then likely it will be Barca. |
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You shit head. You can't shower with them.
Lampard scored 5 goals for me in the World Cup. He's also been the main man for me at Chelsea. Although Ronaldinho has scored about 7 goals in his last 3 matches. Don't want to praise him because his work rate is too low and it would make him complacent. Top with Chelsea after 11 games. Unbeaten. Steve Clarke lost a game at the start as caretaker, the wanker. |
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Oh come on, how cool would it be to shower with them, me and the other 22,000 season ticket holders pay your wages, the least you could do is grant me my wish, I promise I won't bring my camera along.
Steve Clark is great, and lives near me in real life, I know his daughter, well, I met her at a club once when drunk, I told her I have a picture of me and her dad on my wall at home, I think she thought I was weird. |
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Theo Zagorakis
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Can you go and manage a team from a different league without starting with it then, or would ECG just have started with a couple of leagues?
Just asking cause i've started playing LMA again recently, and you can just move between leagues if a job's available in another country. |
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I'm sure you have to start a new game. ECG mentioned his super dooper new PC in this thread, so I am assuming it can run a few leagues at a time.
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Theo Zagorakis
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Alright then, should be getting it soon myself.
I got the 100th post without realising
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I got the 100th reply without realised.
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Patch be out. Only torrent downloads until 6pmish then regular ones will be put up. I'd imagine most people here use torrent though so should be ok. I'm downloading at the moment.
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I don't, fuck torrents, they are so much fucking hassle.
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No hassle at all just click the file and it downloads using the torrent program. But anyway regular patch is due out around 6pm.
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#107 |
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I'm at uni on a 56k modem so i shall leave it for a while.
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Can't get it. Dunno what that Torrent shit is all about, and none of the normal sites work.
One of them does start downloading, but always quits after a few minutes. Common problem judging by the complaints about it on the SI forums. |
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Right don't get it if you've a downloaded copy. Twon't work until some little hacker comes up with a new crack for it. THat'll teach me not to buy it always meant to but never did. I was loving my current Portsmouth game too 3rd season about 10 games to go and battling for a Champions Leauge spot. Am considering a trip out tomorrow to buy it after all this
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Have it working again. Marvelous fellows this computer geeks who spend time on this shite.
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Theo Zagorakis
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Got it at last, downloading the 5.0.3 patch now.
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VG + Q&A FORUM REPRESENT
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Currently Aberdeen in my second season.
First season won the eqivalent to the FA Cup, finished about 3rd or 4th I think. Started with absolutely no money so I've had to sell to buy anybody with a decent value. Haven't bn able to sign Adu yet He's going to cost me about £1million in compensation at the moment.This season I'm second, 21 points behind Celtic but I've already won the league cup and I'm in the FA Cup final against Kilmarnock woop cup double is on! Got knocked out of the UEFA cup in the first round, the one before it splits into leagues by Real Betis ![]() Noel Whelan is doing suprisingly well in this league. Next season I want to mount a serious title challege. |
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VG + Q&A FORUM REPRESENT
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Oh yeah and where can I get the newest patch from?
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#115 |
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So chairmen just going off and buying players by themselves in the new patch. Few complaints on the Sigames forums over it saying they do it with no consideration of the clubs finances but when its fine tuned it'll be a good feature.
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To test this I'd started a game as Madrid to see what happened. THe Board wasnted a few big name signings I didn't deliver and the chairman has just gone out without me having a say in anything to do with it not contract not nothing and spent 95 million on Viera and 77 on Ronaldinho. I had a 45 million budget
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So they are in debt or what? Do they randomly sell players as well?
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Madrid aren't in debt but I hear some people are going into debt over it. Bit stupid only effects if you start at a big club with a chairman who does it otherwise your expereice counts and they dont
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Also they don't sell I don't think
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Loving the new patch, rekindled my interest in the game
Actually started bothering with tactics, seems to have worked, I'm playing as Liverpool with Morientes and Cisse up front, Morientes as the target man, holding it up and such, with Cisse making powerful runs. Morientes has about 10 assists and Cisse has about 10 goals, and thats halfway through September. I've made Gerrard unhappy by touting him to every club possible....oh well. |
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