Football Manager 2020

[Spikey M]

Are they going to run it in as if the season started normally in August and none of this happened?

Yeah. That's what they said back in March/April anyway.

[Clunge]

Do they not even announce a few new features at the launch announcement any more? Seems like the biggest update is a new colour scheme. £35 pliz.

[Smjffy]

Glad to hear it. By the way covid is going even Smiffy might get back on it.

Not likely. I lost the Oxford save when I formatted laptop and it done me right in.

I'll be waiting for the next edition, I think.

[Mike]

https://i.imgur.com/glqAmhQ.png

Slow and steady these days.

[Gray Fox]

I didn't realise FM20 was on Game Pass for PC.

[randomlegend]

https://i.imgur.com/iMQ9nFD.png

Would you retrain this boy, with his 15 tackling and shite dribbling? What position?

[Manc]

His balance is woeful. Sell up.

[Baz]

Pressing forward.

[Spikey M]

13 and 14 is hardly woeful anyway. It'll end up being 16ish.

+1 for Pressing forward.

[Raoul Duke]

He's a bit of a Herrera - good engine and can get up and down and move the ball on. Probably be fine in a midfield three.

Other option is LB.

[Smjffy]

https://i.ibb.co/xHKwx95/Screenshot-20201009-092814-com-facebook-katana.jpg

Hi guys, that'll be OK for this game won't it? Mines just beyond broke and this one is available for £200.

[Clunge]

It'll run it, but it won't tear through it. Tiny screen resolution by modern standards though, I have a cheap 11" laptop with a 1366x768 screen and even in that form factor, it looks complete ass. It'll look worse on a 14". If there are any options with a slightly better screen, that'd def be worth a few more quid.

[Smjffy]

Cheers, Clunge. I've broken mine beyond repair to the point it doesn't even connect to WiFi unless I'm sat on top of router. I don't want to spend a fortune. Is it better than what I was using?

https://i.ibb.co/Tq0cvDT/IMG-20201009-WA0003.jpg

[Clunge]

The specs are, definitely. Depends really how much you value the screen I guess. I wouldn't be able to play FM on a screen with that resolution personally.

[Smjffy]

https://i.ibb.co/DYcj6Wt/Screenshot-20201009-105742-com-facebook-katana.jpg

This one? It's £330 but I reckon I can get him to £300.

[Clunge]

That would be better in every respect. No SSD but hey-ho.

[Smjffy]

I think I'll bite the bullet and grab it in that case. Hopefully it'll be sufficient for FM21 too.

Thanks again.

[Smjffy]

Just bought the full version as I only had touch. :drool: Here we go!

[Baz]

New one's out in 46 days. :cab:

[Smjffy]

Your point? It's never good to go straight from the off and I doubt much will have been added other than the usual update.

[Smjffy]

I have the paid for regen faces if anyone wants 'em. They're a million times better. Heffen is best skin, on FMScout.

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Have you still got this, @darksoldier?

[Smjffy]

https://i.imgur.com/6YEAI1x.png

:cool:

YDWAWK save or otherwise. I'll leave it for you chaps to decide but that's the club I'll be using.

[Spikey M]

You can only sign players with the surname Smith and you have to get rid of anyone that doesn't ASAP.

[Smjffy]

I love that idea, actually. However, typing Smith there's only 200 players available so perhaps I can only sign players that have my entire name in? So I can sign Tim's, Rhys's. William's and Smith's?

[Spikey M]

I'm in. :cool:

[Shindig]

I considered doing that with Coles during a CM save when 3 of them came through the ranks. I stopped caring, though.

[Smjffy]

I'm in. :cool:

I'm going for it but I'm fully anticipating the sack so I'll just see how far I can take my 'career'. If a player shares any part of my name in theirs, be it first, middle or surname, I can have them.

Let's go. :cool:

EDIT: This is going to be a complete overhaul if I have to get rid of them straight away as I have just one player sharing any name of mine.

EDIT2: Sorry Spikey, it ain't happening. I'm going to have to get myself acquainted with the full version as it's so much different to touch.

[Baz]

Make your own tactic.

[Smjffy]

I'm not good enough tbh. I'm installing Touch atm, the full version is too much given I've only got six weeks until the new one is out so maybe it's best to do it then.

[Spikey M]

:nono:

[Manc]

I'm not good enough tbh.

Embrace the challenge.

I havent stopped playing this year. It's now 2036 and my hunt for a Ligue 1 title continues.

[Smjffy]

I've pretty much just purchased, downloaded and installed. I want to start low down the ladder but at the same time with FM21 being not too far off I know I'll end up getting that.

I'm off to do some miles so I'll be back on this evening. If you could all suggest some more challenges and what not then I'll give it a go. I mean let's face it, I've got all the time in the world now we're locked down again and a laptop that'll run faster than a snail.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Only sign players who have been at 5 or more clubs in their career.

A journeyman leading journeymen.

[Manc]

Adopt a basque only recruitment policy with a smaller team in the region. Eibar, Alaves, Osasuna.

[Spikey M]

That, but Cardiff / Swansea and only Welsh players.

[Smjffy]

Only sign players who have been at 5 or more clubs in their career.

A journeyman leading journeymen.


That, but Cardiff / Swansea and only Welsh players.

That's reasonable enough. I can still use Welsh kids that come through the intake?

[Spikey M]

As long as they're not some English cunt pretending to be Welsh, yes.

[Spikey M]

I might do one of those myself actually. I'd do an S6 Boi's one, but I don't think you can search for players by county of birth?

[Lofty]

I still want to do a carthorse save but it seemed more hassle than it was worth making a custom club.

[ScousePig]

I'm not good enough tbh. I'm installing Touch atm, the full version is too much given I've only got six weeks until the new one is out so maybe it's best to do it then.

Probably common knowledge, but you could use rate my tactic to help you out? I was always useless with tactics because I could never decide whether I was striking a balance or completely contradicting myself with instructions, but I've done quite a lot of reading on the tactical aspect of the game in the past few years (in general, not just FM) and something like rate my tactic can be used as a guide.

https://ratemytactic.web.app/

[Gray Fox]

From Reddit, the most insane Championship season I've seen:

https://i.gyazo.com/a97042a8292365eddc7e4d30f4e28114.png

[Baz]

Similarly:

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[Mike]

Won my first major trophy.

https://i.imgur.com/kW6WRW1.png

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

AFC Asian Cup 2039:

https://i.imgur.com/Ri8O23k.png

Absolutely walked through the teams to the final. I knew we'd get there but I didn't expect us to carve through teams that easily, especially Japan.

The final:

https://i.imgur.com/X6GIRAM.png

So close to getting FM'd. We were all over Australia and losing our RB early hurt us, luckily we got a late goal and we managed to take it in extra time.

THE LIST:


FIFA Club World Cup
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Conference League
UEFA Super Cup
African Champions League
Copa Libertadores
O-League (Oceanic Champions League)
Asian Champions League
North American Champions League

International competitions:

FIFA World Cup
Olympics
UEFA European Championship
Nations Leaue
African Cup of Nations
Copa America
Oceanic Nations Cup
Asian Nations Cup
North American Gold Cup

Still a lot to do and I'm determined to finish the list. No international jobs in the right continents right now unfortunately.

[Mike]

The game has got a little bit confussed. Currently challenging for the Premier League with 8 games to go and get this news.

https://i.imgur.com/TtQwgYN.png

:lol:

[Smjffy]

I never got around to even starting, I figured I'd just hold fire until the new version arrives. Beta is out on the 10th, I think it was. I'm just going to go balls deep with Oxford City again when that happens.

[wullie]

The game has got a little bit confussed. Currently challenging for the Premier League with 8 games to go and get this news.

https://i.imgur.com/TtQwgYN.png

:lol:


I was a few league titles in and the board still insisted that my biggest achievement was avoiding relegation to League One years earlier

[Gray Fox]

Just loaded FM20 up for the first time as it's free with Game Pass. There seems to be a few new little add-ins that are interesting. For example that objectives screen I've not seen before. I did a quick load in with Liverpool just to have a look around. They have a few that are listed as requirements, such as within 5 years expanding the stadium, maintaining stature as Englands most reputable club, staying self sustainable etc.

How importantly do the boards take these things? For example, if I just leave the stadium as is, is my job going to be under threat despite winning a few things?

I like that you can instil an automatic code of conduct within the team too. I've also noticed that the loading times are very fast between continues. It may be because I've no facepacks or anything and I only loaded the EPL, but it seemed very zippy.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Palermo 2038/39 Season Update:

https://i.imgur.com/XiugrJN.png
https://i.imgur.com/mqE2RMm.png

https://i.imgur.com/2uhd344.png

We had an OK season but Inter had a brilliant one. 86 is the highest runners up points since 32/33 and would have seen us win the league in all but one of the seasons in between. We were 3 points behind them with the final two games and Juventus fucked us.

Cup:

https://i.imgur.com/76sdJnD.png

We were finally able to beat Inter in a cup final \0/.

Europe:

https://i.imgur.com/jAGutR0.png

The first leg against Real was huge. We were 4-1 down but we managed to score 2 late on to give us a chance in the second leg and we took it.

Final:

https://i.imgur.com/JQncLeY.png

A cagey game with both of us having early goals ruled out but we managed to hold on to win it against the scumbags.

Transfers In:

https://i.imgur.com/Bi5pTDo.png

I found this guy for £900k and snapped him up as he can play across the backline. Didn't play too much but did well when called upon.

https://i.imgur.com/FvRgiqZ.png

I wanted to sign him last year but Lille wanted £120m. They only wanted £59m this year and I snapped him up to have arguably the best young CM duo in the game.

https://i.imgur.com/zRirIkL.png

I had been keeping an eye on this guy since he was 17 and as my strikers were being a bit crap this year I signed him for £38.5m. Scoring a goal in the final of the Champions League was pretty nifty.

Squad stats:

https://i.imgur.com/Q29DqlJ.png

A bit of a strange season as Fabozzo who is usually my best performer didn't do much, neither did Mohammed and Georgievski and my big Kenyan Njuguna were crap.

I'll be leaving as I need to get the crapped European trophies done (I see my list has the Conference League listed but not the Europa, I think I'll swap that) so I think I'll go to England to a team with crap finances.

I've also been handed the Mexcio job and hopefully I'll be able to capture the Gold Cup in a little bit.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://i.imgur.com/zYCctw3.png

I couldn't say no. They finished 6th in the Bundesliga last season so I've got a chance at the Europa.

Here is the squad:

https://i.imgur.com/ePLWZkm.png
https://i.imgur.com/jgJqC20.png

Key player:

https://i.imgur.com/Z0AonaV.png

Looks pretty fucking great tbh.

Youth prospect:

https://i.imgur.com/5OIvhP8.png

I think he looks quite tidy.

Reunions:

https://i.imgur.com/a1HoSJS.png

I bought him about 9 years ago when I was at Pyramids for £115k.

https://i.imgur.com/ThmcmaK.png

He was one of the first players I bought at Palermo for just £6k.

Our transfer budget is £112m and we have £280k p/w free right now. I also do need to slash a lot of the squad.

[Gray Fox]

How in the hell does that German left back only have 2 caps?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

No idea, he's one of the top 3 LBs in the game that I've seen (I'll look at who Germany have been starting when I get home).

I've already managed the other 2.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

This is who Germany start:

https://i.imgur.com/y3czZum.png

My CB at Palermo. To be fair to Germany their 2 main CB's look incredible.

Here was my LB at Palermo who I think might be better:

https://i.imgur.com/S7veyfW.png

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Gold Cup 2039:

https://i.imgur.com/1tPR1ut.png

https://i.imgur.com/hm6kAo5.png

We were better than them when one of our strikers was sent off as we were happy to let them have the ball and countering them to death.

World Cup, Nations League, Euros and the Oceanic Cup left internationally.

[Gray Fox]

I'm thinking of doing the Glory Hunter challenge now that I have FM20 and just under 3 weeks til the PS5 gets here.

The challenge sounds simple but it can turn out to be far from it.

The idea is to win the league and all domestic cup competitions in the worlds top 5 leagues. That's England, Germany, Spain, Italy and France. On top of that, there's the Europa League and Champions League, European Championship and the World Cup. I believe that makes 15 trophies(unless someone other than England still has 2 cups).

The catch, you have 20 years to complete the set. You can make your manager as good or as bad as you want. You have free choice of your first team too.

It sounds relatively simple, but which way you go about it defines how it goes. For example, PSG and Bayern dominate their leagues and their jobs may not come around too often. Going to another team in that league is going to make it harder to win and may add more time onto your stint there.

[Baz]

Yeah start at PSG.

[Shindig]

Agreed. Pick a big hitter to get your reputation up sharpish.

[Mike]

So close and yet so far...
https://i.imgur.com/EjWH1bH.png

Shall post full screenshots tomorrow from my desktop, got the FA cup final to play then the save is done.

[Mike]

https://i.imgur.com/uUCnEta.png
https://i.imgur.com/zofBNpR.png
https://i.imgur.com/xtgEzpd.png

https://i.imgur.com/bMKwVZe.png


So, all in all, I bloody love Southport FC now.


and I love this regen
https://i.imgur.com/DiwB3yx.png

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://i.imgur.com/HCTy4bX.png

We employ the devil.

[Gray Fox]

Surely you've come this far, you've got to keep on until the title Mike ?

[Mike]

Surely you've come this far, you've got to keep on until the title Mike ?

My time available to play is way down, and the new one is out. They’re two seasons from a title I think.

[Manc]

Bottle job.

[Baz]

i got a burd
ftfy

[Dquincy]

Getting tight at the top. Rangers also having a mare of a season having won the league only 2 years ago when i was in Italy with Parma.

https://i.imgur.com/7m5pFx0.jpg