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    I both times got the one Willie got. It’s great - being able to sign 16 year old Brazilians, Peruvians and Cambodians without a work permit. Plus, 17 players is a lot.

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    Never in doubt. Came down to the last game of the season just so when they make a film about it, it's more exciting.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    Never in doubt. Came down to the last game of the season just so when they make a film about it, it's more exciting.

    It seems not so many career updates to read through this year, which is a shame. Is that due to the game being not so popular?

    Keep up the good work, Mike and Willie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dquincy View Post
    It seems not so many career updates to read through this year, which is a shame. Is that due to the game being not so popular?

    Keep up the good work, Mike and Willie.
    Yeah I've never had so much time to play it but every element is so bad that you end up leaving most things up to staff, and at that stage you're not really doing anything. I tried it again last night and lasted 5 minutes.

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    Yeah, I hear you. Maybe you're just getting old (like a fine wine). I tried playing my FM11 career the other night but just not the same anymore.

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    How come you have more spare time?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dquincy View Post
    How come you have more spare time?
    Just less to be doing, work has calmed down and I don't be home as late, and I've had a load of holidays saved up to take.

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    Speaking of updates. here is the full one.

    The League


    and to show what a big job it was...




    The games I was in charge of.


    The 16 year old striker I found in the youth team kept me up really.

    Half the squad is out of contract and we're in huge debt so the regens I got this year will just have to play next season. You don't win anything with kids!

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    Getting into this now, I prefer it to last year's edition.

    At work so haven't got screenshots, but led Watford to 5th in the first season.

    Now halfway through pre-season and we've brought in Barreca from Torino, Mario from Villereal, Wilshere on a free transfer and Wallace from Lazio.

    Andre Grey netted 29 times last year and we don't really need any reinforcements up front. We play a 4-2-3-1 formation with wingers and an attacking central midfielder.

    I need Gomes replacement as he's retiring at the end of the season, then I'm ready to go.

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    Second season of the Championship I was hovering around eighth but leaking cash while I was linked with TOP TOP TOP CLUBS JEFF so I quit, went on holiday and applied for top division clubs. Thought I was going to end up in a team rock bottom of the SPL until West Ham sacked Bilic while in the top half. Took over, held that position then started overhauling a bit of a creaky old squad. Currently started well and would be top after five games were it not for an away defeat at Sheffield Wednesday




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    Yes please...


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    Got to the midseason break in my first full season at Winterthur and we're only 9 points off our total for the whole of last season. Which impressive when a bunch of the players, including my two strikers are 17 or under.

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    If we'd have won the last game of the season and other results had gone our way I would have got 3rd place. I got beat.









    My contract is up, they've offered me a new one twice. Going to see if I can get a better club. Sadly because both teams I've had have been in money trouble I haven't been able to study coaching badges.

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    Took on Hamilton in March 2018, who were sat second bottom in the SPL. After sending scouts out to watch every young free agent I could find, I turned up a couple of stinkers but four or five of them have worked out in 18/19, and I'm about to finish 4th.

    My young Spanish left back left for Man Utd in January for 2.3m plus 40% profit from his next transfer, and a friendly, and I managed to get him loaned back until the end of the season, and subsequently to extend to the end of NEXT season. Another youngster who I signed and had played aplenty whilst looking a bit limited, a Scottish striker called David Dunn, was sold to Stoke for £1.3m plus 45% of the profit of his next move. That money has been reinvested largely into facilites, with the board approving youth and training upgrades.

    I'll sort a proper update with screenies in the new year as I'm getting quite into this now.

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    Signed on for another year to see if the kids I’ve had come through can play (my left winger is 16, both strikers are 17 as are most of the Centre Mids)
    I need to move to a club with enough money to let me do my coaching badges.

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    Is this worth getting over last year's?

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    Did you like last years/put much time into it?

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    Quite a bit, yeah.

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    It’s not a huge difference. Maybe grab the demo (I think there’s one)
    I played loads of last year and have been enjoying this years too.

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    Finally got this installed and into a game.

    Are corners broken? Man lurking on the edge for the free pass everytime is working again

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    Half way, or just past it, and I'm ten points behind

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danny View Post
    Finally got this installed and into a game.

    Are corners broken? Man lurking on the edge for the free pass everytime is working again
    Share your wisdom in the form of screenshots and/or a more detailed description.
    I'm a twit

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    Decided to buy it and have started my customary Man Utd game.

    Transfers in:

    Daniele Rugani £30m
    Gelson Martins £44.5m
    Leon Goretzka £30m
    Joshua Kimmich £50m
    Alex Sandro £50m

    Total: £205m

    Transfers out:

    Chris Smalling > Tottenham £23.5m
    Marouane Fellaini > Monaco £15.5m
    Matteo Darmian > Stoke £22.5m
    Daley Blind > PSG £27.5m
    Ashley Young > Watford Loan
    Micky Tarian > Real Madrid £45m

    Not sure if they are total costs or before clauses but anyway. Also suspect it took me longer to type that out than a screenshot.

    Game's going well so far. Martial is absolutely mental on this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Baz View Post
    Share your wisdom in the form of screenshots and/or a more detailed description.
    May have been a little reactionary as we scored a few early but we have 4 in 16 (joint most in the league) and I have had it set to mixed. Changed to penalty spot to see what that does.

    Toggle Spoiler

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    Is there any way of selling this or when it's not a physical copy are you stuck with it?

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    You can refund steam games now can't you?

    EDIT:

    Valve will, upon request via help.steampowered.com, issue a refund for any reason, if the request is made within fourteen days of purchase, and the title has been played for less than two hours. There are more details below, but even if you fall outside of the refund rules we’ve described, you can ask for a refund anyway and we’ll take a look
    http://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/

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    Think it's about 14 days or something

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    You can refund steam games now can't you?
    I bought from the dodgy goodness that is cd keys. Wasn't too dear from them anyway.

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    Nah, you can’t sell it, even the retail box version you put a code into steam to get it to work so you couldn’t sell that either.

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    FFS

    EDIT:

    YES!

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    I've never understood that feature. A classic example of the bizarre desire for realism trumping what is actually fun to play. If you're the manager you should be able to reject bids, or the game might as well be called Football Interim First Team Coach Until The End Of The Season 2018.

    Make the rules of football and the competition rules realistic, then give the player absolute freedom to create in every other respect.

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    Real Madrid have just transfer listed Marco Asensio in November on my game

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    Where's the cheapest place to buy this?

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    Giggles' steam account.

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    Real Madrid have just transfer listed Marco Asensio in November on my game
    They've sold me him for £20m up front and £20m in instalments. He's one of the best players in the game.

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    God bless stupid FM transfers. Guido has a series of 'em on Twitter right now, as Fortuna Sittard. Snapping up fairly solid English youth on a free post-Brexit, then selling them to the top clubs for 50mil+ a couple seasons later.

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    Why are they using A4 confetti?

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    It's all we can afford

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    I love how they keep trying to do 3d in an engine so obviously ill equipped to handle it.

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    That looks like something from about 1996.

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    WOOO Media prediction of 7th







    Basically, these three youth products won it for me.






    Contracts up, I don't plan on staying.

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    I tried to sign Zivkovic at the start of the season (who has just gone to Barca in January) but shouldn't get him, so bought Gelson Martins instead.

    Dunno how good Zivkovic would have been, but Martins is insane. One of those players who plays way above their technical stats. Absolute assist machine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    I love how they keep trying to do 3d in an engine so obviously ill equipped to handle it.
    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    That looks like something from about 1996.
    Glad I am not the only one thinking this. I thought it was because I had pulled the graphics back as my laptop is a bit older. Seems it’s juts shit. I swear it looks worse than previous years.

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    I don't see the need to have 3D at all. They could spend all that time and money on the terrible interface.

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    So this guy exists but I bet he's left out of the name generation table.


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    I remember him. Johan De Kock was the best name around until Argel Fucks hit the scene (shout out to Rafael Sheidt)

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    Just beaten Bayern 10-6 on aggregate in the Champions League Quarters.

    Lost 5-3 at their place then beat them 7-1 at home.

    Defending is for cowards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    So this guy exists but I bet he's left out of the name generation table.

    The classic:


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    Chelsea nicked one of my scouts so I tried to sign a new one but the board blocked it because I already have too many.

    Checked what my limit is and I currently have 34 of an allowed 18 scouts

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