Milfner Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Resurrected my save with Yeovil. Third season in the Prem I'm second after 22 games (miles off top though) and my highest paid player is on 28k! Missed out on Deulofeu on a free to **** Real Mallorca though, gutted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harris21 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Each time I manage Villa I'm just terrible! Think I let bias get in the way of making important decisions. Do Villa get relegated ever time on this? I've had 3 saves that I've not been Villa manager and the go down by the 3rd season! Currently managing a french second division team (something about crocodiles) no money, low wages, whole first team squad over 29. Manged them for 3 seasons now, improved on positions every season. Now have no player over 25... all on free transfers and all 4-5 stars. Find a tactic that works well... but then all of a sudden can buy a win, only start winning again when I mix it up. Happens over and over, anyone else get this? EDIT: Nimes Olympique Got Nimes Olympique promoted to Ligue 1 as champions... was sitting 4th half way through my first season in the top flight. Villa then offered me job as manager... they are a crap Championship team atm... So I jumped ship to re-build my beloved Villa... lost my first 6 games in a row. Can't by a win, players all old and crap. Going to take a lot to sort this out. Keep your fingers crossed! Bit of an update... Finished mid table in the championship, not bad considering the mess I walked into. Second season I signed young players with big potential (like I did with Nimes) got promoted as champions! First season in the prem I cleared all deadwood (PL would be proud!) and signed more young players with big potential (part of my promise to the board), no player over the age of 26 in my entire squad. Finished 2nd 2 points behind Man City, only had to win my last 2 games to win the league, Man Utd destroyed me 4-0, then drew with Watford away (who were already relegated). Currently half way through my second season in the prem, mid table, out of the CL.... not looking too good Play a 4-1-2-2-1 all with support on (even striker who is a false 9)... Keep possession loads and have loads of shots, but only get like 25% on target, frustrated. Go from winning 5-0 to losing 1-0 with them only needing one shot on target Another update... although getting knocked out of the CL was depressing I went on to win the League Cup but finished 9th. Next season I won the Euro Cup and finished 6th. Just started my preseason, 6 of my players are wanted by barca, man city etc. Keep bidding over £30m for each but they are all wonderkids and I want to mount a title challenge so they can do one!! Will be hard to keep them if I don't finish top 4 next season at the least. Fingers crossed! Me again... After winning the Euro Cup (mentioned above), went on to retain it and win the European Super Cup while finishing 2nd 2 points behind Arsenal. Next season I won the FA Cup and again finishing 2nd, 3 points behind Man Utd but went on to beat them in the Charity Shield Only things left to win now is the Prem and Champions League... after two 2nd place finishes, hoping to go one better this season. Also been knocked out of the CL at the Quarter Final stages twice so fingers crossed I can get that as well! What I love about this save is started from the bottom, getting sacked and working my way back up. Let's hope the build a statue of me soon if I can get the last 2 trophies! Keep you updated! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I wish I was as good at this game as you guys hahaha. That villa save sounds so fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I thought about posting this in the cardiff thread, but figured here makes more sense. Solskjaer is awesome, that is all. (Skip to about 1:05 in the video if you want to get to the fm part) http://www.pressfire.no/mobile/page/6635 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted February 24, 2014 Visiting Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) Resurrected my save with Yeovil. Third season in the Prem I'm second after 22 games (miles off top though) and my highest paid player is on 28k! Missed out on Deulofeu on a free to **** Real Mallorca though, gutted I'm trying to do the same kind of thing with York, brought them from league 2 slowly to the top of the Champ with a few games left 8 seasons later. Going to try and get a billion in the bank. Prem will be hell, 6k capacity stadium and a largely unchanged squad since league 2. Edited February 24, 2014 by Rino8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Finished 4th with Yeovil after stuttering over the finish line despite being in a title race with 8 games left. Was touch and go whether or not I would qualify for the Champions League as United were in the final (finished down in 7th) but Isco scored in the 121st minute to send Yeovil to Europe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 24, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2014 I wish I was as good at this game as you guys hahaha. That villa save sounds so fun. I don't understand how people are so good at this game I think I had a really good game on Football Manager 2005 and FM 2007 Ever since then I've been shit at the game! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarjei Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 It's a full time job these days! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Apparently Solskjaer "plays it to relax," so i guess being a football manager is literally more than a full time job for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 New update just went live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 UPDATE 14.3.0 DATABASE - Updated to January 2014 PERFORMANCE - Fixed rare crash related to city inhabitants in edited save - Fixed rare crash when holidaying to next fixture - Fixed rare transfer deadline day crash - Fixed crash related to Turkish player names - Fixed rare crash when histories have been corrupted - Fixed rare crash when recalling players from loan COMPETITIONS - Fixed State leagues not being scheduled when adding Brazilian leagues - Fixed past Winners screen for the Polish Ekstraklasa using positions from the Regular Season and not the positions from after the Split - Bulgarian and Romanian Players no longer need a Work Permit for British Clubs from January 2014 - Fixed user not given opportunity to Postpone Premier Division match due to International Callups - Improved scheduling of domestic fixtures before/after European matches - Fixed user not being asked to set length of End of Season Break after last match of season - Fixed MLS teams being unable to register players for Club World Championship - Improved the selection of players in the MLS Draft pool - CFA League Schedule now correctly matching other French Leagues - Improved A-League AI teams' signing of Marquee players TRANSFERS & CONTRACTS - Relaxed some German transfer preferences to allow users to sign more players from outside of Germany - Prevented AI managers from leaving jobs before playoff finals - Increased amount of international management sackings - Prevented the AI from signing a player on loan when the player has already played for two teams in the current season - Prevented players loans getting extended automatically when being loaned to South American sides - Tweaks to transfers made by the AI for users players - Prevented recently relegated side from the lowest playable league from entering a loop of hiring and firing managers on a daily basis INTERACTION - Fixed backroom advice not appearing for some clients online - Fixed Youth Setup Category not upgrading despite request being accepted - Fixed player wanting to discuss failure to qualify for Champions Cup despite having qualified - Fixed irrational response to player being congratulated on first international cap - Fixed a few issues of strange/contradictory responses in team meetings MEDIA & NEWS - Fixed transfer records being incorrectly broken with lower fee when using South Korean Won - Fixed manager to go odds displaying already sacked manager - Fixed backroom advice link allowing user to repeat private chat - Fixed remove Offer from Backroom Advice not functioning correctly - Fixed Champions League top goalscorer record broken shows previous record as -1 - Fixed code displayed in news item when international team changes national captain without a current manager - Fixed incorrect calculation for number of players signed in transfer window press conference question - Fixed sextuple news item not generating - Fixed press conference question considering league to be a close run contest incorrectly - Fixed press Conference question incorrectly referring to non-striker as striker - Fixed missing headline on AWOL news item - Fixed duplicated information in player debut news - Fixed league specific question being asked in post-match press conference USER INTERFACE - Fixed user's ability to select different player roles on the Player Coach Report screen - Prevented Nations duplicating when user changes Match Detail on Detail Level screen - Fixed sorting of club scouting assignments - Fixed filters resetting on the Team Selection Overview screen - Fixed Opposition Instructions clearing when user uses the Set Piece Wizard in Match - Fixed Match widgets staying faded out after highlight has played out - Fixed Home and Away Team stats switching in Match Overview - Fixed Assistant Manager Advice automatically updating in Match Overview - Fixed Important Attributes panel in Player Tactics not updating - Fixed Scout Report Training Development & Happiness displaying blank bars for player out on loan - Fixed Cup tied players not appearing on Fixture Details panel FMC SPECIFIC - News Item priority improvements to Manager News Website - Assistant Training will correctly update the training pie chart - Stopped players learning new positions when subbed into that position for very short periods of time - Improved player training when user changes tactics frequently MISC - Fixed double prize money payout in Norway - Fixed rounding issue in Sponsorship news item - Fixed issue with illogical stadium completion date - Fixed issue with £0 Sponsorship - Improved newgen creation in View-only leagues - Fixed issue where proposed plans to improve a stadium had fallen through and weren't explained to the user - Fixed issue where a board only increased a transfer budget from -£2k to £0 - Adjusted the creation of African and Albainian newgens created in Italy PRE-GAME EDITOR - Fixed a number of unique crashes when verifying files in Advanced Rules - Restored a number of verification warnings that were previously not generating - Fixed an issue where fixture rules were removed when adding lower divisions to existing structures and converting to Advanced Riles - Fixed an issue where certain leagues' default rules appeared with no dates or promotion/relegation information - Improved the functionality of average points tables in custom nation rules - Fixed a rare issue where a player would be given a positional rating of 20 and it would not extract into the game properly IN-GAME EDITOR - Fixed an issue where a player's unhappiness was removed, only for it to return the next day - Enabled the editing of nations MATCH ENGINE v1454 - Increased dribbling speed at higher end - Improved pass and shot accuracy slightly at higher end - Improved goalkeeper save AI - Fixed keeper trying to pick up ball at feet but not being able to hold it - Fixed some instances of unrealistically dreadful poor touch - Fixed some full backs going forward too quickly off the ball - Increased likelihood of certain attacking roles dropping deeper to look for ball - Improved destination height of headed clearances - Fixed up "Mark six yard area" at corners to mean zonal marking of the edge of the six yard box - Fixed headed clearance trajectory bug - Slight reduction in overhit passes - Fixed potential own goal bug when player tries to stand still with ball near own goal line - Prevented midfield players going too deep when defending own area - Increased speed defenders will push up out of box when ball won back or cleared in deep areas - Reduced instances of defenders turning back on ball and retreating too quickly when team is generally well positioned defensively - Fixed error causing defenders to mark opponents and drop too deep into own area - Tweaked pace and target point of some short passes to feet when receiving player is under pressure - Slightly encouraged some more passes in behind opposition d-line - Reduced some further instances of overly long first touches - Reduced premature pot shots from distance when placed to take ball closer to opposition goal - Encouraged taking on of opponents by players likely to run with ball more - Some small dribbling AI tweaks - Encouraged ball forward to target man a bit more - Tweaked pass AI slightly - Tweaked cross AI slightly - Increased fouls slightly at lower levels - Reduced mentality choice slightly for low directness AI teams - Increased use of direct play strategy for smaller teams - Potential fix for odd throw ins - Fixed an issue when the subbed player doesn't drop the ball - Tweaked pass choice AI - Tweaked run with ball AI - Tweaked when to cross AI - Tweaked when to shoot long AI - Tweaked shot choice AI for top players - Tweaked header accuracy slightly - Tweaked when to clear ball AI - Fixed error causing many corners to go too close to goal line - Tweaked off ball movement around ball player - Fixes and tweaks to passing AI - Fixed some issues causing poor dribbling and first touch decisions - Some tweaks re when to shoot or not - Increased urgency of off ball movement in some situations - Fixed offsides being called after player has moved back onside before pass - Fixed bug where dive by attacker could result in penalty regardless of where it occurred - Improved keeper reactions in some situations - Made keepers sweep up balls more aggressively when needed - Improved keeper positioning when narrowing angle - Fixed a pass being reported as 550 yards in distance - Fixed unrealistic examples of keepers holding shots - Fixed keeper making unnecessary save attempt when already letting ball run out - Fixed keepers making buggy attempts to save ball when they have it under control already - Improved goalkeeper distribution - Fixed buggy offsides being given when player fouled - Fixed some instances of players continuing with pointless attempts to intercept balls that are destined for opponent - Made players quicker to move to slow moving ball when under pressure - Fixed some instances of buggy poor first touches - Less risky passes around own danger area - Some minor general passing AI tweaks - Tweaked long shot AI slightly - Reduced instances of silly passes when player in goalscoring opportunity - Made players less gung ho about drifting offside - Fixed buggy kick offs where the 2 players get in each other’s' way - Fixed some keeper clearances being given insufficient elevation - Fix for some crosses not being attempted - Reduction in dangerous and long back passes - Reduced DFK conversion slightly - Further fixes for keeper handling and judgement of ball issues - Removed illogical zonal marking on free kicks around corner of penalty area - Reduced unnaturally looped kicks from ground - More minor tweaks to on ball decision making AI - Fixed rare occurrence of player "teleporting" randomly on ball - Reduced unrealistic instances of long shots - Fixed bug causing some shot velocities to be reduced - Fine-tuned shot and pass accuracy - Fine-tuned player ratings - Fixed underhit long kicks - Fix occasional penalty awards when offence nowhere near area - Fixed rare occurrence of match not kicking off after goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Villa don't start with a negative wage budget And if you terminate Holt's loan you get an extra £20k too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarjei Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 That's a long list of ME-fixes! I'm in the middle of the season so my tactics are bound to go from great to useless. Let's pretend it's the ever changing world of football causing it and not a tweak to some sort of underlying code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Villa don't start with a negative wage budget And if you terminate Holt's loan you get an extra £20k too Thanks to Stephen Ireland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Started a new save with the update, and drew Huddersfield in the League Cup! Alas, it's away, so no VP game for Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Started a new save at Villa since there was a new update. Tried bringing Milner or Young back but it wasn't happening so I probably won't make any signings until January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 5th season with Yeovil: 6th place, won the Europa League, lost in the FA Cup final and I've just beat [a full strength] Real in the Super Cup. Hopefully in a title race this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I'm frustrated that the FM14 Vita version is still not out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I wish I was as good at this game as you guys hahaha. That villa save sounds so fun. I don't understand how people are so good at this game I think I had a really good game on Football Manager 2005 and FM 2007 Ever since then I've been shit at the game! Most people use downloaded tactics, personally this year i download tactics because everyone ive tried to make myself is terrible and you dont have much control this year. I enjoyed making my own last year and the years before because it was very detailed. Since the new patch is out though im going to start with villa or a league 2 team using purely my own tactics and see how long it is before im sacked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted March 2, 2014 Visiting Supporter Share Posted March 2, 2014 I wish I was as good at this game as you guys hahaha. That villa save sounds so fun. I don't understand how people are so good at this game I think I had a really good game on Football Manager 2005 and FM 2007 Ever since then I've been shit at the game! Most people use downloaded tactics, personally this year i download tactics because everyone ive tried to make myself is terrible and you dont have much control this year. I enjoyed making my own last year and the years before because it was very detailed. Since the new patch is out though im going to start with villa or a league 2 team using purely my own tactics and see how long it is before im sacked I've never used downloaded tactics, feels like you're letting other people play the game for you to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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