daggy_333 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I think it's time to sack one of my scouts on my Villa save, he's just highly recommended Titus Bramble...P45 is in the post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarjei Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I'm running a pretty mild training regime. Most of the injuries gets picked up during matches, usually against the top sides.It can be tactical, (i.e. lots of closing down, countering with burst forward/tracking back or settings that results in lots of challenges) but mostly it's just random I think. Playing with the same tactic for years in different leagues I get the odd periods of feeling like the game is out to get me.There are a few injury prone players in the Villa squad and you mentioned a couple of them. You are better off having good cover for those that you keep and just don't sign any more injury prone players if you're gonna try to keep a small squad. It makes the first few seasons a challenge though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted June 9, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2013 Just got Walsall to the Prem Suggestions for the following would be welcome: CB CM (Defensive) Striker - preferably one that is strong in a support role Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Just got Walsall to the Prem Suggestions for the following would be welcome: CB CM (Defensive) Striker - preferably one that is strong in a support role Jason Lowe from Blackburns strangely good. Always gets insane match ratings. Only issue is he'll get booked 10+ times and in my villa save he got sent off 4 times for rovers after they were promoted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 So why am I absolutely awful at this game? About to get sacked by Arsenal after going out of group stage in CL and sitting 7th in the league in february Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwegianvillain Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 DO NOT switch tactics all the time. That is extremely important. Stick to your tactic, and you will win matches after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Niki Zimling is a good short term option in midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Was deleting old Football Managers and for some reason it deleted my Villa save from this year. **** off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 It's a bit late, but if you play on PC it's worth using GameSaveManager which can be setup quickly to work with Dropbox or Google Drive to keep your last few saves, so you aren't **** if something goes wrong with your PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted June 11, 2013 Author Share Posted June 11, 2013 If Lambert continues his current policy, FM2014 is going to be fun as Aston Villa manager! I hear he is eyeing up To Madeira as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 DO NOT switch tactics all the time. That is extremely important. Stick to your tactic, and you will win matches after a while. Ok thanks this should help, I tend to tinker too much like Ranieri I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Can't believe it. Derby County in my 18th season. Won all my first 37 games of the season and then drew on the last day to Blackburn away who are shit. Gutted. I thought i'd done it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoaxn Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Had to start a new game because my 5 season long Journeyman save corrupted. Just won League 2 in my first season with Bradford. Took em over mid table in October, struggled a bit to start with then went on an absolute rampage. Had a 14 game unbeaten streak, 10 game win streak and reached the 4th round of the FA Cup beating Walsall and Watford. Also, Elliott Parish is an absolute beast in the lower leagues. Reasonable wage demands, got him on loan in January then signed on a free in June 2013. 37 games played, 23 won, 8 drawn, 6 lost, 62% win rate. 75 goals for, 24 goals against, +51 goal difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 I have 75 million in the bank and absolutely nothing worthwhile left to spend it on. Should I blow it all trying to get Ganso or Gotze just for the hell of it? I'm not one to make marquee signings nor sign older players (they're 27 and 25, respectively) and am not short on good AMs, but both are substantially better than what I have (in terms of their current ability, anyway), we're silly rich from success and selling players to City, Madrid, et cetera for stupid money, and with a few more great seasons should make it #1 in the world. I owe it to myself and our fans to splurge a little, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarjei Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Sure, go for it. Unless you are saving for a new stadium all that will happen is that the chaiman will take a large chunk of your profit each season... but not Ganso surly? He's perhaps the most injury prone player in the game. Chances of him picking up a major injury is big, and if he does he will not be able to come back as good. Who do you have at AM? And what sort of player are you looking for? A playmaker, or a more pacy direct one? I haven't signed Gotze so I'll suggest Wellington Nem. He might not be world class in ability, but in terms of performance he's one of the best players in the game in my opinion, and will do equally well as a left winger. Erik Lamela is also superb. They are not the playmaker types though. They'll run with the ball and create havoc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdomlahor Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 I miss FM so much. I haven't played it seriously since launch day when I bought it. Couldn't get into it but since I've finished Uni I have a shit load of free time, but my PC needs repaired so I can't play it until it's fixed. Bah. I miss my Gimnasia/San Lorenzo/Ajax/Fiorentina save from last year. Copa Libertadores and Champions League winning squads were just unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Sure, go for it. Unless you are saving for a new stadium all that will happen is that the chaiman will take a large chunk of your profit each season... but not Ganso surly? He's perhaps the most injury prone player in the game. Chances of him picking up a major injury is big, and if he does he will not be able to come back as good. Who do you have at AM? And what sort of player are you looking for? A playmaker, or a more pacy direct one? I play a narrow front 3 with two poachers playing off a 6'3"+ target man, with one or two CAMs behind them. If I'm just using one, I'll go for the playmaker; two, one playmaker, one dribbler. Ganso would mainly be in competition with/replacing Sergio Canales, who is a bit of a hybrid of the two styles, but too inconsistent to start every match and is completely lacking in physical presence. As far as I can tell, Ganso has the highest creative/mental skills in the game without being hilariously expensive, on insane wages, or >30 years old. My facilities and physios are world class, don't have too much injury trouble, but you never know. Also, I just want to buy a real-life big name player for once, and CAM is the only spot where there are players I like who represent proper upgrades. The most well-known player I've purchased previously is Lacina Traore; Canales was released from Madrid, got him on a free. Gotze would be best overall (though he seems to be injured fairly often, too), but he'd cost probably my entire budget and would demand over 100k/week wages vs 50m and probably 65k/week for Ganso. Of the other "big" AMs with stats I like, I could get Mesut Ozil for absolute peanuts, but he doesn't look quite as good, or Jovetic for somewhere between Ganso and Gotze, but he's already on 130k/week at Liverpool. Chelsea had Hazard valued at 300m on 176k/week and I don't think Bayern would sell Toni Kroos to me due to our rivalry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Well, scratch Ganso, his agent is "unfriendly" towards me for some reason, won't even open talks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 If Lambert continues his current policy, FM2014 is going to be fun as Aston Villa manager! I hear he is eyeing up To Madeira as we speak. Out of interest Andy, when do you have to submit the attributes etc, of the players? Will you be rating our new signings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 If Lambert continues his current policy, FM2014 is going to be fun as Aston Villa manager! I hear he is eyeing up To Madeira as we speak. Out of interest Andy, when do you have to submit the attributes etc, of the players? Will you be rating our new signings? First part is done so I have basically set my stall out for where our players will be at for FM2014. There are another 2 research phases over the summer for tinkering, fine tuning and all the extra bits that I haven't yet done. I won't touch any of the new players until January at the earliest if I can help it. Although, last year I made a few changes to Lowton and Westwood just before data lock because they were so underrated due to the level they had been at. This was done with the blessings of the researchers from those clubs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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