Football manager(the game)

[joshyhockey26]

Somehow just realized this was a section on the board hahah but regardless, any other Football manager fanatics on here?

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[Luigi Habs]

There are a bunch. There is already a thread in here can't find it.

I bought FM16 this year like 4 momths ago but I have yet to play it can't find time anymore with family and kids

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

There are a bunch. There is already a thread in here can't find it.

I bought FM16 this year like 4 momths ago but I have yet to play it can't find time anymore with family and kids

I always find it weird when I peg certain posters age and then they reveal this kind of stuff.

 

[Luigi Habs]

I always find it weird when I peg certain posters age and then they reveal this kind of stuff.

I'm not that old 31 yrs with a beautiful daughter and my wife expecting to deliver a boy at any moment now

 

[YNWA14]

I'm in the same boat. With sports and wife/daughter/dog/house as well as work it's become a bit difficult to find time to play but it's probably my favourite all-time game and I get the new version every year whether or not I get to play it much.

Have only finished 1 full season with Liverpool and 1 full season with Heerenveen and I've had it since it came out.

 

[hatterson]

I've been staying on FM2014 until 2017 is released, but I've got over 400 hours on it. Granted that's not all real "playing" since I often have it open on my laptop at home and will stop for a moment to continue on or do a little management.

Right now I'm at the end of my 2020-2021 season in my main career. Started out at Oxford, promoted to League One first season, top half finish there second season, then won promotion to the Championship in the third season. Contract expired so I moved over to recently demoted Watford and got them promoted again. Second season was a solid top half EPL season with a great run to the FA cup. Third season I went insane and bought a ton of talent (something like 175M spent). Ended up winning the league and the European Cu (Europa League), but the board didn't want to invest enough money to offset the transfer losses so we got disqualified from the Champions League for the next season.

During that last season United was on iffy ground (originally Moyes had won three straight EPL titles, but the next three years weren't great) so I didn't want to re-up my original three year deal because I wanted the United post if it opened. Moyes ended up rescuing himself so I sat for the first month or so of the 19-20 season until Napoli reached out to me.

Somehow Napoli had turned into a real force in this campaign, making strong runs in the CL, but had slipped a bit that season and fired their manager. I took over and went on an incredible run with all the talent he left. Won Serie A, the Italian cup and the CL, although my CL route was interesting as I faced Celtic in the Semis and Spartak Moscow in the Quarters.

This season has been even better. They gave me $100M to spend, so when combined with the young talent they had left, I was easily the favorite to repeat all my titles. So far, everything is on track. Clinched Serie A with about 8 games left, in the CL finals, in the Italian cup finals and won a couple other trophies (super cup, club world championship).

Near the beginning of this last season I wanted to add some international experience to my resume so I took the open England post, not much has happened on that front as we're in a fairly trivial group to qualify for the world cup.

Really waiting on Moyes contract to expire at the end of the year and hoping United don't renew him. Despite Napoli having incredible talent right now, I want the United post.

 

[chupanibre]

I'm not that old 31 yrs with a beautiful daughter and my wife expecting to deliver a boy at any moment now

Just wait until you find out that the guy you have been adamantly arguing with over PK Subban's trade value is a 13 year old boy

 

[mattihp]

Just got my lowly Colwyn Bay to the Premier League after 9 seasons in FM 2014.

And now I have to sign 8 english trained players to register my team because my players are welsh trained.

FUN.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

I'm still on FM14... looking to buy FM17 too.
FM16 is just 18€ on Steam sales... is it worth it or I better wait for FM17?

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

I'm addicted to it.

Took Liverpool on a whim, have had a blast - the EPL is so fun to manage.

 

[Savi]

I've been managing Dinamo Zagreb for a while now. It's been fun, trying to keep all that talent in Croatia for longer than Dinamo does IRL, while at the same time also trying to bring back Modric, Mandzukic, etc when they're not good enough anymore for the top leagues.
I'm in my 7th season and finally reached my first CL final. Lost to Bayern though. (7th straight year either Bayern or Barça won it).
It's a challenging save because you can't just buy a boatload of cheap African or Brazilian newgens. There's an actual foreign players limit in Croatia. So you have no choice but do everything you can to develop homegrown talent.

 

[Franck]

I have 924 hours played on FM16. Had a save with Dynamo Dresden going but lost interest when other clubs stole all my main transfer targets after I got promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.

Think I'm done with the game for this year.

 

[dogbazinho]

Have played it for like 5 years. Skipped 2016 for really no good reason. Waiting on 2017 before getting back into it. I like taking a lower league team, one I think might be realistic for someone like me to coach and promoting them up through the leagues.

 

[sc37]

I only play Football Manager Mobile...currently on 2016. I'm not sure I have any time for the full blown version! It's immersive enough to scratch the itch and being mobile allows me a chance to sneak in some time here and there. It's also nice with Google Rewards, I don't have to ever pay to upgrade year to year.

 

[theaub]

I had a save go until like 2056 in FM '09...I don't think I've got beyond 2018 in a save since.

Right now doing one where I manage Canada and then try to make TFC into a kind of NT feeder club (pretty much all Canadians, a ton of U-23/academy players, same tactics etc). The re-gen class when starting the game was really good so think it will work out pretty well.

 

[mattihp]

I've been managing Dinamo Zagreb for a while now. It's been fun, trying to keep all that talent in Croatia for longer than Dinamo does IRL, while at the same time also trying to bring back Modric, Mandzukic, etc when they're not good enough anymore for the top leagues.

I am trying to get Joe Allen to my welsh team. He'd rather sit on the bench in liverpool than play with my awful PL team xD

 

[les Habs]

I am trying to get Joe Allen to my welsh team. He'd rather sit on the bench in liverpool than play with my awful PL team xD

I used to have that issue with my old Celtic saves. Every time I would try and sign Bale and Ramsey they wouldn't come. This was when they were just signing for Spurs and Arsenal. The editor makes for great headway when it comes to transfers like that.

 

[VEGASKING]

I'm still on FM14... looking to buy FM17 too.
FM16 is just 18€ on Steam sales... is it worth it or I better wait for FM17?

Is 4 months of fun worth 18€ to you? As long as I was actually going to play it I would do it at that price. I paid like $35 for it at release, didn't even play it for months, played it a ton and now haven't played it in forever again.

 

[Shrimper]

If you're thinking of getting it you might as well wait until FM17.

I started in Malta with the aim of making them good like Iceland.

 

[mattihp]

Trying to hang on in the EPL with a decent Championship team xD

4-3-3

IF - F9 - IF

AP (s) - BWM (s)
DLP (s)

CWB (a) - LD (x) - LD (c) - FB (s)


As it is 2019 the only recognizable player is an awful Rooney who is basically a bench warmer tutoring my forwards..

I try to snag Welsh internationals when possible. Joe Allen would be nice..

 

[Savi]

I started in Malta with the aim of making them good like Iceland.

Those kind of games are a lot of fun if you've got the patience for it.

I actually made Iceland really good one time. Even saw another Icelandic club win the Europa League about 23 seasons in.

 

[mattihp]

Portugal and Ireland always get insane regens, making them powerhouses about 10 years in.

 

[IHaveNoCreativity]

Considering buying this game

 

[theaub]

Portugal and Ireland always get insane regens, making them powerhouses about 10 years in.

The worst is Mexico

In my FM '09 one I got Canada to pretty much the overall level that the US is now (made the World Cup QF in 2030 and 2046, hung in the 20-30 range in the rankings with a couple spikes either way), but I won one Gold Cup I think out of the 25 or so I played in because Mexico was an entire team of 180+ CA. It was just impossible.

Also the fact that I can 100% remember what random years I made the QF in from a save that is almost 10 years old now is so, so sad.

 

[Savi]

Hah. Yeah. Same here, every single save it's Mexico ruling the football world with the sickest newgens I always apply for the job but get rejected every single time.