Gaming Football Manager 2018

So I've offloaded Fellaini, Smalling and Darmian.

Signed Kimmich, de Ligt and Milinkovic Savic.

Should be fine for the season. No real right winger in the team though.
 
Everything is so different in the menus, going to take some getting used to.
 
Someone wanna post some screens of utd players?
 
Penalties still get regularly awarded direct from corners I see :rolleyes:
 
It's just annoying me so far.

Every screen feels extremely cluttered and even despite that I can't get all the information I want in one place. It feels like there's an extra click to do things that were easier in previous version and there's almost too much detail that it takes away the fun. Why is there an extra page to set your search parameters in scouting now when it used to just be at the top of the list of players?

During the game with Madrid I tried to get the player ratings up so I can see how they're doing and their fitness, I try moving it around so it isn't covering the pitch, doesn't seem to be possible. I then drag it to the left and it disappears. I've tried unselecting it in the menu and reselecting it but it's just gone and I have no idea how to ever see that again. They're also showing me the players warming up and stuff like that, I don't give a shit. Just give me a 2D thing with commentary and the player ratings ffs.

There's like 8 sections of happiness for each player and the tactics screen covers up half of the detail. I couldn't even see which players were match fit before picking a line up for my first game of the season. I had to drag and make columns smaller to even fit a basic detail like that in when surely it should already be there.

I gave away two penalties directly from corners against Madrid, and then 3 minutes into the first game Mhkitaryan goes two footed into someone from a throw in.

Turned it off.
 
I beat Madrid, but I've also turned it off for now. Making substitutions seems annoying now, they seem to have removed the players that suit the position you're swapping being highlighted. I also can't see one of those small windows that lets you monitor player fitness AND rating at the same time (unless I'm being thick), it sounds like you're talking about something that obscures the pitch, which isn't what I want. The dynamics thing also seems like it might be more annoying than beneficial, a bit like the social media thing 17 introduced.

It usually takes me a while to adjust to the new game, but I don't think I've been so put off before.
 
Trying out FM2016, first time playing FM since 2007 or something.

Bought Mbappé for £40m rising to £70m. Wise move? :p

Edit: And he broke his leg in pre-season. :(
 
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Solius said:
I cannot get rid of Ashley Young for the life of me.
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I offered him for 1 million but there were no takers, so offered him for 0, Leicester and West Ham made bids. Accepted West Hams and rejected Leicester's bid. Then offered him again for 2.5 Million, Leicester made 2.5 Million bid. Accepted that.

Now rejected West Ham's bid and offered him again for 5 Million. Have to see whether they will make the bid again.

Edit: Finally got 3.8 Million, that's the best I got. All upfront.

Got 17-18 Million for Fellaini. Looks like West Ham and Leicester are the teams to sell deadwood.
 
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Solius said:
So I've offloaded Fellaini, Smalling and Darmian.

Signed Kimmich, de Ligt and Milinkovic Savic.

Should be fine for the season. No real right winger in the team though.
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How much did you get Kimmich for? Was gonna go for him but figured he'd be too much.
 
Pulisic £36m and Tiernan £21m all I bought.....offloaded no one, it's impossible and/or pointless really....love that the team unhappiness feature still exists if you can't find a spot for Ashley Young in place of well...Martial, Rashford, Pulisic, Mkhi, Mata or Fellaini over Pogba, Matic or Herrera....urgh.
 
bosnian_red said:
How much did you get Kimmich for? Was gonna go for him but figured he'd be too much.
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I got him for 60 Million (30 upfront + 30 in installments). I sold Darmian and Valencia was injured for a month. Had no other decent one available

. Got 33 Million for Darmian from Monaco, he wasn't even for sale, for some reason they made 22 Million mid. Negotiated to 27 or 28 Million fixed and 5 depending on their cup performances i CL.
 
Interesting that there are so many negative comments here. I found it muh easier to set up tactics and see the information I needed. I always went to tactics screen to do subs and don't have a problem there.

Always played 3D since 3D was out so maybe I have got used to it, accepted it. Only problem I have is all the 3D views are shit. Only in Director mode can I see the ball, but it rotates like crazy and switches view like crazy and I can't see more of the pitch.

Turned off first window transfers, Young has been godly as WB, Rashford is great even though his set-piece numbers are shocking, Pogba runs the show, no clue how to use Lukaku. Oh and I threw in the kitchen sink 2 times already with Fellaini as target man, worked like a charm.
 
Flames73 said:
Interesting that there are so many negative comments here. I found it muh easier to set up tactics and see the information I needed. I always went to tactics screen to do subs and don't have a problem there.

Always played 3D since 3D was out so maybe I have got used to it, accepted it. Only problem I have is all the 3D views are shit. Only in Director mode can I see the ball, but it rotates like crazy and switches view like crazy and I can't see more of the pitch.

Turned off first window transfers, Young has been godly as WB, Rashford is great even though his set-piece numbers are shocking, Pogba runs the show, no clue how to use Lukaku. Oh and I threw in the kitchen sink 2 times already with Fellaini as target man, worked like a charm.
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Not getting player's scout reports to inbox is big draw back. I ask scouts to scout 10-20 players and all the reports sit in some tab. I have to check manually everytime which is a pain.

Tried to sell Young and had 3.8 Million from West Ham accepted, but he is rejecting every move and i'm stuck with him. Will give him a go although I have already signed LBs and RBs. Also Martial is superb as inside forward, scored for fun in friendlies and now against Madrid in super cup he scored and played superbly.
 
roonster09 said:
Not getting player's scout reports to inbox is big draw back. I ask scouts to scout 10-20 players and all the reports sit in some tab. I have to check manually everytime which is a pain.

Tried to sell Young and had 3.8 Million from West Ham accepted, but he is rejecting every move and i'm stuck with him. Will give him a go although I have already signed LBs and RBs. Also Martial is superb as inside forward, scored for fun in friendlies and now against Madrid in super cup he scored and played superbly.
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Dont the scout report gets to your inbox every x amount of time and/or after it reaches x amount of scout reports? i actually am finding it a a pain that it constantly asks me if they should keep scouting/get analyst data/acknowledge/discard...etc.
 
Flames73 said:
Dont the scout report gets to your inbox every x amount of time and/or after it reaches x amount of scout reports? i actually am finding it a a pain that it constantly asks me if they should keep scouting/get analyst data/acknowledge/discard...etc.
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We don't get multiple mails like in previous versions. For example if I want to scout say 5 players and asks for the report, it gets mixed with regular scouting.
 
roonster09 said:
We don't get multiple mails like in previous versions. For example if I want to scout say 5 players and asks for the report, it gets mixed with regular scouting.
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ah right that is true. understand what you mean now. yeah guess would get annoying when i try to keep track of some player in future.
 
For people playing it, can anybody check if the online mode is available in beta
I've read it isn't but I wouldn't mind some proper confirmation
 
Started a save last night. 2game have it for 28 quid.

I think it plays well. I think the changes are pretty intuitive overall.

I started United and spent 2 hours sorting out staff and tactics. Brought in Keane and Giggs as coaches, as well as Vio and a few others. Sacked Butt (Sorry Nicky) to bring in RB Leipzig HYD. Brought in completely new sports science staff and new physios.

I don't like selling players so everyone stays.

My only signing is Dier at £65m. (My transfer strategy for United is always sign one marquee player from a domestic rival every summer while bringing through young prospects. Have my eye on Kane or Hazard (or the Arsenal guys) for next summer)

So far it runs fine. Squad dynamic is going to be a big thing and I think it's pretty realistic to be honest. In previous years you could treat players whoever you liked without consequences. I guess this is trying to simulate the fact you are managing human beings. I have started as Sunday League Footballer, so they don't like me, but being positive and honest and they are fine.

I do think the injury situation is a notch too strong. More players seem to pick up 1-2 day things (tight calves, hammies etc), which is fine, but there are also more players with longer terms issues as well.

We beat RM 2-1 in extra time in Super Cup after scoring equalizer in 88 minute.

Beat Spurs 3-1 at home in first league game.

I would recommend getting it. So far so good.
 
I like the little partnership thing that develops when players play together for some time. Wingers with Full backs, attacking mid with strikers, midfield pairing, CB pairing. It's a nice addition.
 
Not impressed this year and I've been playing this since the CM 2000 days. They are getting really lazy now and making changes to things which don't need changing. There is so much going on. The tactical briefing stuff is just extra. The paying for a transfer over 48 months option is gone and that is something I've used year in year out.
Making a sub and going back to the pitch just takes ages. I brought on Dani Cabellos in the 60th minute and after 87 minutes I'm wondering where the hell is he and realised that at the top of the screen, there is a 'confirm changes' option which I will need to select. When you select your team, you wont see who is injured or suspended. I've picked Marcelo and he was injured yet there was no red 'INJ' to indicate that and I thought he had recovered. You will need to go to the squad screen to see this and take him out. And what's going on with wages? CR7 is on 600k a week :eek: and Casemiro already wants a huge contract and we've only played 5 games.

Those asking about graphics....just paste all your graphics folders from FM17 into the same location for FM18, reload your skin and they will work.
 
TakeMeHome said:
Not impressed this year and I've been playing this since the CM 2000 days. They are getting really lazy now and making changes to things which don't need changing. There is so much going on. The tactical briefing stuff is just extra. The paying for a transfer over 48 months option is gone and that is something I've used year in year out.
Making a sub and going back to the pitch just takes ages. I brought on Dani Cabellos in the 60th minute and after 87 minutes I'm wondering where the hell is he and realised that at the top of the screen, there is a 'confirm changes' option which I will need to select. When you select your team, you wont see who is injured or suspended. I've picked Marcelo and he was injured yet there was no red 'INJ' to indicate that and I thought he had recovered. You will need to go to the squad screen to see this and take him out. And what's going on with wages? CR7 is on 600k a week :eek: and Casemiro already wants a huge contract and we've only played 5 games.

Those asking about graphics....just paste all your graphics folders from FM17 into the same location for FM18, reload your skin and they will work.
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It's not gone, they have just tweaked it.
 
Gee Male said:
What a ridiculous thing to put in a football game. Why on earth would that be needed?
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It's a difficult one, I can see why they've done it and they mean well by it but to put it in a computer game is unnecessary. I'm of the believe that if a footballer wants to come out then let them do it if they actually want to. They shouldn't be pressured into doing so.
 
Siorac said:
Why not?
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Well why not put loads of other stuff in - marital status, how many kids a player has with how many different women, drug addiction, hangovers affecting training, literally anything else.

Because none of it is relevant to how to manage your football team, which is the point of the game. Sexuality should be irrelevant in football.

I don't like how FM have concentrated on this type of gimmick lately, it was the same last year with predicting the outcome of Brexit. Is that still in it this year?
 
Not related to the gay players thing but do you think the watered down game mode will still be in? Can't remember what it was called but feels too cluttered for me this year.
 
Gee Male said:
Well why not put loads of other stuff in - marital status, how many kids a player has with how many different women, drug addiction, hangovers affecting training, literally anything else.

Because none of it is relevant to how to manage your football team, which is the point of the game. Sexuality should be irrelevant in football.

I don't like how FM have concentrated on this type of gimmick lately, it was the same last year with predicting the outcome of Brexit. Is that still in it this year?
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It's just a little thing they added to make the game world seem more lifelike. Hardly anything to get worked up about.
 
Just looked on Steam and the game is £38, i think i say it every year but im sure it used to be cheaper!
 
I cant seem to see how to download the Beta version in steam, is that where everyone else is getting it from?
 
First day on the job. Not done anything yet except the board meeting and assistant manager meeting and apparently Mkhitaryan and Bailly oppose me the bastards! Lindelof supports me though so he cool.
 
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