Anyone notice how Pierre Hoberg turns out in their games? He's become an absolute beast for me and I was so close to getting rid when I first took over.
Anyone notice how Pierre Hoberg turns out in their games? He's become an absolute beast for me and I was so close to getting rid when I first took over.
He's been brilliant for the last few FMs.
I can't remember him from any others but even after bringing in Alena, Sapponara, and Keita, he's still my best midfielder.
At least he's going out in style. At 37 years, this is pretty awesome. Still 4 or 5 games to go so hope to push it past 50.
31 games unbeaten and a loss to PSG signalled the end of our title dream. We threw Europe and the cups in traditional fashion, but alas champions league football was attained.
In the summer came Jeff, Giroud, Stambouli and Dabo. Ben Arfa departed.
Victory over Paris in some community shield affair and a 2-0 win over Lyon spells good for the year ahead.
Fucking Suarez and Fucking Barcelona ruining what would have been the perfect ending to Zlatans career
I've completed the first season and To Madeira II didn't get a chance until January came around as I couldn't register him but he still ended up the top goalscorer as we won both domestic cups, the early season one and the Europa League knocking out Man United on pens in the semi's and beating Atletico fairly easily in the final. Sadly we lost the league by virtue of Porto having a better H2H record against us.
Where does the 16 year old Madeira II go? Does he stay in Portugal or does he get snapped up by a bigger club in another country? Technically he only needs to land the league title to have won everything the nation has to offer already but is that something to do now or when he enjoys his swansong in a 10-15 years time....? I'll post an update shortly and then hopefully the active members in this thread can dictate To Madeira II's career path.
Well, that's that. Season 2018/2019 over.
In the end, all I won was the league. Zlatan was outstanding the whole season, in 49 appearances he scored 48 goals and made 20 assists.
He's retiring now and I'll have Griezman take his spot in the central forward role. Griezman was a disappointment the first season, but has really improved during this one.
Norwich Preseason 2017/18
Transfer Ins/Outs
Ended up spending only £16m in the end in an effort to keep the finances secure. Players that got away were Doumbia on a free (couldn't get a WP) and Moussa Dembele (Celtic only wanted £10m, which stank of value, but the greedy arse wanted £80k a week and I'm only prepared to go to £50k at the moment).
van Ginkel and Paterson were signed straight for the first team, with Puerto as back up. Wayne Wallace and Guy Bates are ageing pro's brought in to tutor the youngsters (strangely I can't assign the former to tutor anyone) and the rest are youth prospects so we now have something resembling a youth squad. Wages shot up a bit but the total bill is still under £800k p/w and with £22m in the bank and the MASSIVE tv money to come I'd hope to have a healthy balance to invest in the infrastructure again come the end of the season.
Here's the youth:
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Not sure any of them will be world beaters, but should get some decent long term Premier League standard players from that lot. They're all on long contracts with an optional 3 years more as well. A couple of English additions is nice as well.
That'll be the line up when everyone's fit. The board want us to stay up, but reasonably safe/mid table would be nice.
"Michael, Michael likes" is going to
be a cult hero at Norwich.
If I had a Frenchman called 'Philippe Torres' turn up I would bin him before even looking at his stats.
Bless.
Seattle have now bid 8 times for Dusan Tadic, had them all accepted, and can't sign him because they can't have another designated player. And then they just bid again.
Smiffy, start your own thread for it. Better than having it hidden in here.
Now they've inexplicably bid €3.7m (all the other bids were €750,000) and it's been cancelled as they can't afford the fee
His contract runs out in about 5 weeks too.
If it was a decent enough read I will but as it is I genuinely don't know. Sounded alright in my head and I suppose a new thread could spur DS to live up to his resolution of writing more....and Jimmy for that matter. The Boy Who was El Rey was it? Lost.Originally Posted by Kikó
Southampton 2020/2021.
Competitions:
Walked to the Premier League and should have won the CL too. Not shown is the win in the World Club Championship also, but it was only 2 games.
Transfers:
Berahino threw a massive strop and went on deadline day. I had thought I'd have got someone in but nobody will sell "until they find a replacement". Got Flotow in on loan in January from Bayern and he was an absolute beast. I don't think I'll be able to get him at any sort of a decent price permanently but I'd love another loan of a season while Colidio goes through his final season in Spain for the work permit.
Massively overpaid for the young CB from Leicester as a prospect but he might have some sort of a future. Kerkhofs slotted in lovely in a CB rotation and Teodorczyk chipped in well for his price. Suarez was an assist machine from the left wing or behind two strikers.
Squad Stats:
Definitely need something world class up front but dubious about splashing with Colidio coming in 2022. Hopefully Flotow joins for another year.
Cedric top man yet again.
Some Players:
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Summer transfers with Dortmund:
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I overpaid for Brandt but given the money in for the older and barely better Schürrle, I'm pretty happy with the move. We also have Pulisic now ready for plenty of first team action and Reus, Dembélé and even teenager Larsen in that position so it's a good stock. Leaves the XI like this (with Bender, Reus and Götze injured which is basically the norm):
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Passlack is an absolute beast and Van Dijk is one of the best defenders I can remember having in the game. We've been given almost the same CL group as last year with PSG and Besiktas (Anderlecht in for PSV), but have started better in it and in the league we're pissing on most teams but Bayern still up there. Leverkusen are fucked as they've been raided to bugger by us, Bayern and other European superclubs so it looks a proper two horse race this time.
The bug has started early this season. Still August.
Sounds good for international teams. Find a link?
I'm a twit
Norwich Season 2017/18
So our first season back in the Premier League and it was a good one. The league was hard work, but with a bit of form pulled together at the end we managed to finish 12th.
There were some good results in there, but overall we concede far too many and were on the end of some serious tonkings:
We managed to fuck the FA Cup immediately by getting knocked out by Brentford in the 3rd round, but the league cup was where the magic happened:
Ok, so the run to the final was very kind, but the win over Arsenal was one of the most satisfying (and unexpected) I've ever had in FM. Jokelainen getting a hat-trick was just the icing on the cake.
Here's the first team squad prior to any summer business:
I'll need to keep the numbers at a similar level to cope with Europe, but time at the club is up for Ben Godfrey, Wes Hoolahan, Louis Thompson, Graham Dorrans, Nikolay Bodurov, and Alena will be going back to Barca too so signings will be needed.
In terms of the club itself, the board have agreed to expand the stadium to 30,000, which is only a 4k increase so I'm guessing that's the limit for the current ground. The Youth and Training facilities will be further upgraded by October 2018 too.
Loving this save.
You what?
I don't know what's worse, the transfer or no bloody logos.
Where on Earth are West Ham pulling £94m from for one player?
That's a lot of pornography.
They're shit hot in my game, even reached a CL final. Not sure if they ever paid that much in it but they're always a name you see on those transfer summaries.
Must be that new stadium impact.
In my current game they've won the Europa League first up and are only a draw with Juve away from making the subsequent Champions League knockouts.
My form second season is infuriating. We've played 15 games in the league and thrashed 10 teams out of sight, including three seven-goal hauls, but the other 5, all away, we've lost which leaves us 5 points behind Bayern and level with an Anthony Knockaert-inspired Cologne.
This really pisses me off (as do all similar news items), firstly he's 5 behind the leader and as such I should be only notified when he's a game away from tying the record. Secondly, the person who has the record is still at the club and he misses less games in seasons than Campagna.
I've now been getting this news item for around about the last 40 games fuck off.
Drop them both.
I got Flotow on loan for another season. 7 games in and he's got 13 goals. If I can possibly get him signed permanently in January, Colidio can fuck off with his work permit.
Time for a more comprehensive Season Report: 2018/2019.
These were the transfers done during the season:
Now, Ruben Neves was what I was hunting for all summer (any decent alround midfielder), but Jonatan Tah was really the main signing, as he really did strenghten the defence quite a bit. Signed him on a whim but didn't regret it at all. I think it's probably good to have a DC with high pace when you have such a high defensive line as I do.
The two kids will be great:
Dionisi:
Now this kid won't fucking get a work permit, so while I was ready to start grooming him for Zlatans replacing already, I guess he'll have to go on loan for another season again.
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Gacesa:
Also kind of didn't need this guy, as I was grooming Borthwick-Jackson as backup for Shaw, but he looked too good, and Borthwick never seemed to develop much. This guy will be a beast (but he gets sent off a lot).
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As for the different competitions:
League
Walked it. Was 15 points clear with about 5-7 rounds to go. By that time, of course, I started playing like shit when the league was already won, so I didn't finish in style and ended on "only" 89 points in the end. In other news City are kind of falling apart, and Spurs are always the main threat to me, it seems.
As for the performers, it's all about Ibra, as it should:
I will miss Zlatan so much, maybe so much that I won't even bother being United coach for that much longer. Though, I've become fairly attached to the rest of the squad anyway, so we'll see. Here he is in all his glory, a few weeks before his retirement and at age 37, still a beast:
Champions League
Was a bit of a shitter, as I lost the final to Barcelona who played one of those games where Messi and Suarez kind of do their thing and you get a bit fucked off they even exist. Still decent I suppose to reach the final two years in a row, and at least Zlatan got to win it once.
Finally, something is up with my Finances. I'm 800k below my wage budget, but I'm bleeding money. Every season I'm just down to about 0 balance by the time the TV money comes in, and thats with reaching two CL finals in a row and the top price money from PL as well... I don't know what it is, because I "only" spent 108 Million of my 170 Million transfer budget, and got about 60 million in from transfers as well.
I'm thinking of starting with United. Looks fun. Would probably sign Franck Kessie as DM and the rest of the squad would fit with the 4-1-2-3 strikerless tactic I made for Liverpool. Zlatan might be wasted as SS though.
Did Fenerbahce pay Rooney's wage?
I'm a twit
United have huge debt, wage bill and such. So they just shite out money each month, but the sponsorship, tv money and competition winnings boost them right up at the start of pre-season.
It's funny, that. I kept offering him out and getting shite offers of 10% of his wage (which seemed natural enough).
Eventually I'd had it and set 100% as a hard requirement when I offered, and got tons of offers all of a sudden with 100% (was even struggling to get the 10% offers in before, he hadn't played in a season almost and, well, he's shite). So, yeah, they did. But it seemed almost like a bit of a bug or something.
Sporting Clube de Braga - Season 2016/2017
Transfers In
Luka Jovic - Benfica (Loan).
Transfers Out.
Mauro - Internacional - £500K (Rising to £750K)
Hassan - Sporting - £12.75M (Rising to £19.25M)
Pedro Santos - Valencia - £6.25M (Rising to £10M)
Season Summary
Life at Braga couldn't have got off to a better start as our season began with a 5-2 success over Benfica in the curtain raiser. It was the first time the Arsenalista's had claimed the Supertaca. The goals showed no signs of slowing down either as we won our opening four league fixtures scoring eleven and conceding just once. The pair of 3-0 victories over Rio Ave and Feirense very pleasing on the eye as we showed a willingness to get forward and were tighter than a virgins fanny at the back. A small break from domestic action followed as we won our opening Europa League match against Ukrainian outfit Zorya Lugansk 4-0. Another clean sheet. Another goal glut and To Madeira, the clubs new manager proving every bit as magical on the touchline as he was on the pitch.
The run was soon to be ended however as the very next match against Moreirense saw the side fire blanks but so did the home side thus it was settled at a point a piece with FC Porto laying in wait. We knew if we were to have much hope of reaching the Champions League spots then the games against the supposed 'Big Three' would have to yield some points and that's exactly what we achieved against the Dragoes. Nuno Santo's side scored from the spot right at the death though which mean that point was another solitary one. Porto remained top but we were sitting comfortly in 3rd and looked good for it too, a fact that was confirmed six days later as we slapped Belgium side Standard Liege 7-1 at the Stade Maurice Defrasne. Stojiljkovic taking his tally to seven for the season whilst on loan striker Luka Jovic claimed his second treble of the season.
The month of October would see To Madeira II make his debut for the club in a 3-0 win over Torcatense in the Taca de Portugal Cup and the Braga faithful were loving every second of it as despite the 3-1 defeat to Feyenoord in the Europa, three more successive league wins were notched up. Nine points out of nine and FC Porto's unlikely slip up to Pacos Ferreira meant we jumped to the top of the table.
Statistically the Brazilian wingbacks Marcelo Goiano and Djavan were the form players in the team with centre back Andre Pinto not far behind but when chances presented themselves, Nikola, Luka and Hassan were usually on hand to convert them.
As we entered November we were wary of the excessive amount of games in such a short amount of time. We started with a 2-0 victory at home to Feyenoord to strengthen our grip on Group F following it up with another three points in the Liga NOS. Pacos Ferreira succumbing to a 3-2 defeat but really it was a game of two halves as we were 3-0 to the good by time the whistle blew for half time. Rui Fonte starting a run of four goals in four games to prove we had plenty of depth in the attacking department.
A two week break beckoned before we faced a challenging four games in ten days. To Madeira II struck on his second first team appearance as we romped past Feirense in the Taca de Portugal Cup, sadly the talented youngster was still two months away from being registered for league duty. We packed our bags after this and headed to Ukraine where a 3-0 win over Zorya confirmed our position as group winners. It wasn't without a price however as the long journey clearly hampered us a few days later as we laboured to a 1-1 draw with 5th placed Estoril.
Despite our concerns at the beginning of the month though, our 3-0 victory against Belenenses in the Taca da Liga group meant we'd won five of the six games and headed into December on course for an unprecedented campaign. Still in with a shout in the domestic cups, a rather generous fixture list for the festive season as we looked to increase our lead at the top and European football that lasts beyond 2016. Things were looking up for Braga but sat on top of the pile, we were looking down. We needed space between the big boys and the twelve month of the year was the perfect time to do it.
Tondela arrived. Hassan grabbed three goals and three more points.
Standard arrived. Rui Fonte grabbed three goals and three more points.
Nacional da Madeira arrived. Nikola Stojiljkovic grabbed thr...nah, just two but another three points.
A 4-2 win against Guimaraes ensured we claimed nine out of nine in the league, Hassan's sole effort against Cova da Piedade prolonging our cup runs before repeating the trick two weeks later by grabbing four in a 7-0 win against Olhanense. It was our biggest domestic win and it could have been double figures but with the January window soon to be open and Hassan being wanted by Benfica, it was time.....it was time to register To Madeira II.
I started a Dortmund game, it was going fucking amazingly, I was smashing everyone by 4 goals to nil with a tactic that I'd made. Then my power cut out, and I'd turned off auto-saving
I've accidentally figured out that when mine hangs, if I leave it for around 20-30 minutes it comes right again.
Definitely must be the laptop not being able to handle the game properly. What are the recommended specs?
After 17 games, my Dortmund league record in season 2 is (at home) P8 W8, GD+35. Away from home it's P9 W3 L6, GD -5. It's absolutely ridiculous the discrepancy.
Mind you, the entire league is fairly broken in the same way, there are three clubs with 100% home records, and yet the most wins anyone has away from home is four. There are very few draws, what the game is doing is basically if you have a good striker(s) he will score three or four in the first half hour, and that's you.
I think Kiko posted them in the laptop thread.
Sounds like you could maybe look at tweaking your mentality to counter or defensive away from home to tighten up?
I don't see them. I've an A10 with 8GB RAM though so presumably it's the graphics card as it has that integrated Radeon shite.
You'd think the graphics wouldn't matter much when you don't use the match engine though.
Would seem to be my discrepancy indeed.
EDIT: Though according to this the one in the laptop is better than the Radeon one mentioned above.
http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index...n%20HD%207620G
Have you got that NVidia icon in the corner of your screen, Giggles? I'll check when able but I messed around with settings in there when mine was hanging and ever since I've not had too many issues. Biggest gripe for me seems to be the new updates, the last two have messed up saves or in case of the last one, made them disappear completely.
What is it with the valuations of players, you find a decent 18 year old that looks like he might be alright, not a world beater but alright with a £600k value at some poxy lower league Danish side. You lodge a bid of £1m and they counter the offer at £44m, madness.
It's been like this for a few years, why don't SI sort that out?
I seen a decent looking 18 year old prospect the other day. Think he was a Palermo and valued at €400k, when I asked to suggest terms they wanted €84mWhat is it with the valuations of players, you find a decent 18 year old that looks like he might be alright, not a world beater but alright with a £600k value at some poxy lower league Danish side. You lodge a bid of £1m and they counter the offer at £44m, madness.
It's been like this for a few years, why don't SI sort that out?
It's just their way of saying 'we don't want to sell unless you make a mental offer'.
That's how we ended up with Downing and co.
Currently on 5 Jan and I have a Bayern Munich related 'Wnt' over seven of my first team squad. The cunts have come for Dembele first and he's been request-listed as a result. Strange that a black man would want to tool around in a Nazi armband but there we are.
Fucking come at me, Karl-Heinz.
I just accidentally did this (only copped as I hit the instant result button). He wasn't even the worst rated player
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