Gaming Football Manager 2021 (FM21)

Berbaclass said:
I tried getting Alaba but he joined City on mine also. No worries I just got Bastoni anyway.
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Alaba just signs a new deal on mine, although I was definitely interested in him. Is this in the first window though, as I had mine disabled?

I'm waiting to start the second season, but I might forego signing a defender for another season and partner Lindelof and Tuanzebe, or sign Garcia on a free, but more likely I'm looking to wait for someone better in the air, with pace. Gvardiol, Kounde and Milenkovic are targets, but Milenkovic is PSG-bound. Bastoni looks good but they want 70m from me, same for Kounde.

I'm being a little cheap and unwilling to go past 40m on a CB. :wenger:
 
I just conceded an equalising goal, which was then ruled out by goal line technology, but the score didn't change. It still counted. Anyone had that?

Fumin'. I want to speak to the manager.
 
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My career so far. It's mad going from Rangers where I had barely any money to Lazio where they just sold SMS for £68m, so I've £90m to play with.
 
OnlyTwoDaSilvas said:
I just conceded an equalising goal, which was then ruled out by goal line technology, but the score didn't change. It still counted. Anyone had that?

Fumin'. I want to speak to the manager.
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I had a bug on fm20 were Martial scored against me in the 90+4 minute, assisted by Lindelof but Lindelof had been sent off in the 90+2 minute, last time I played fm20 :lol:
 
iluvoursolskjær said:
This Charlton save is really fecking me off atm. The team was on a real high coming in to the new year in my first season, everyone's playing well and I'm usually 6-7 points clear at the top after every round. Then all of a sudden all the teams in the bottom half of the table begin to take points off us and confidence hits rock bottom, mistakes being made every game, can't even string 2 passes before aimlessly booting the ball down field. I'm somehow still 4 points clear of 2nd and 8 off 3rd but after a couple draws and losses to poor sides I'm genuinely worried I'll finish in the playoffs and get knocked out! None of the changes I'm making in-game seem to affect anything, I've got 3 important first teamers jaded from being over-played cos I've got injuries to their counter-parts in a paper thin squad...

STRESSED

In other news we are Papa John Champions. wo0t wo0t.
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I quickly realised during that downturn that this is one pussy group of players that unless I hold their hand reassuringly - even if I have to blatantly lie about the reality of a situation - the dressing room atmosphere will capitulate and with that, every ounce of footballing ability. I threw a bottle in the changing room once or twice and was honest in the media [feel like I went Mourinho mode...but tbh it's how I felt and I'd rather play this way than always try get the best results being a robot] - BOOM:

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Started giving them all hugs and kisses again, telling them I'm delighted and they're doing brilliantly - when they're absolutely not - and we started scraping a few 1-nills which fortunately was enough to only need 3/12 points to secure the title!! I call a team meeting, everyone's positive. I let them know that a result in the next game wins us the title and that I expect them to go out there and do it [paraphrasing here but something along those lines] and lord help me feck, they're angry and furious. Apparently they've done well to get this far and it's unfair for me to expect them to win the title - EVEN IN THE POSITION WE'RE IN. I thought feck this and insisted in my view.

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Fortunately once again, results elsewhere meant it wasn't as nail biting as it could have been.



After all that bullshit at the end tbh I seriously wanted to get away from this club but there aren't really any decent jobs going atm, finally gives me a decent bit of change [7mill] after 0 last year, so I start looking at the squad to see what I should prioritise.

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Cool. Let's go I guess.
 
When I interviewed for Lazio I said I wouldn't need to change the staff. Now I'm here there's no HOYD, not enough scouts and not enough coaches. Found some really great ones but the board is blocking them because I promised no staff changes. So dumb.
 
iluvoursolskjær said:
. Then all of a sudden all the teams in the bottom half of the table begin to take points off us and confidence hits rock bottom
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Confidence is too important in game mechanics. I always have an assistant manager with 18+ motivation and man management and let him play a cup game when confidence becomes an issue. Works well.
 
ThinkTank@Cafe said:
Confidence is too important in game mechanics. I always have an assistant manager with 18+ motivation and man management and let him play a cup game when confidence becomes an issue. Works well.
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Have you (or anyone else for that matter) just had your assistant manager do team talks and the like if he's had high enough stats?
 
Maagge said:
Have you (or anyone else for that matter) just had your assistant manager do team talks and the like if he's had high enough stats?
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I don’t give AM responsibility to hold talks but usually choose his suggestion before the match. Half time talk: if we lead by 1-2 goals , I tell players to not get carried away. If we lead by 3+, I praise (applies for FM21 only). If we lose or draw - not happy. Derby or important game - I use more extreme options like kicking the bottle.
 
ThinkTank@Cafe said:
I don’t give AM responsibility to hold talks but usually choose his suggestion before the match. Half time talk: if we lead by 1-2 goals , I tell players to not get carried away. If we lead by 3+, I praise (applies for FM21 only). If we lose or draw - not happy. Derby or important game - I use more extreme options like kicking the bottle.
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It's just I always use the same options for different situations, so it might as well be an algorithm doing the selection. Which means I might save a bit of time if the assistant manager can do it just as well.
 
Maagge said:
It's just I always use the same options for different situations, so it might as well be an algorithm doing the selection. Which means I might save a bit of time if the assistant manager can do it just as well.
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AM with good stats will be OK. But even the best AMs tend to select suboptimal options at HT.
 
Maagge said:
That's why I'm still doing it myself. I've never dared mess up a save with experiments like that.
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As I learned mate, pick the wrong one a couple times and form goes out the arena!

A lot of it also depends on player personality traits too I realised. In the United save I would challenge them a lot more, rage out at losses and they'd be inspired and focused. At Charlton however they all got demotivated and just shrank the moment I deviated from encouraging them.
 
Decided to go with Arsenal.... going to play 3 at the back with them in the first season. Contemplating bringing in Rice if I can get enough funds together, and playing him in the middle of the back 3.
Anyone had him this year?
 
First transfer window with Lazio. Goalkeepers were awful when I took over and the CBs were lacking. Badiashile is an an initial 41m rising to 61m. Frimpong looks decent too and is only 21. Dahoud is there for cover as I ran out of money.

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Immobile is unhappy that I 'didn't strengthen left full-back' and is seriously considering his future.

The current LB is Pellegrini who is one of my best players, and I signed Ruggeri who is described as a wonderkid. This game man...
 
Solius said:
Immobile is unhappy that I 'didn't strengthen left full-back' and is seriously considering his future.

The current LB is Pellegrini who is one of my best players, and I signed Ruggeri who is described as a wonderkid. This game man...
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It always makes me laugh when you sign a guy to strengthen a position they play in and they demand an improvement in that position :lol:
 
I hate it when they fail to realise you strengthened the position or replaced a player before you sold a player. So you have to try and sign another player in that position to calm them down :lol:
 
Solius said:
Immobile is unhappy that I 'didn't strengthen left full-back' and is seriously considering his future.

The current LB is Pellegrini who is one of my best players, and I signed Ruggeri who is described as a wonderkid. This game man...
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It's so silly. I signed Havertz late in a window in FM20 and he wanted me to strengthen midfield. That was the first time I saw that promise so I was thinking I had another transfer window to do it. Nope. He handed in a transfer request because I didn't sign a midfielder. Nevermind I already had Pogba, Bruno, Henrique, Havertz himself, Ilaix Moriba, Thiago Almada as upcoming players and plenty of wingers as well. Ridiculous.
 
I've just pulled off an absolute miracle in the Champions League. Playing with my Wien team we lost the fist three group games and I pretty much had no hope. We then managed to beat Benfica on match day 4, then draw with Arsenal and needing a win away to Lazio we somehow managed to pull it off despite going 1-0 down early. This might just be one of my greatest ever achievements on FM getting out of this group. I'm stunned!

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iluvoursolskjær said:
Ohhh that makes sense! I don't think I inherited any backroom staff with more than 12 rating for either of those.
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Schedule a few friendlies against teams that you know you'll beat 5-0/6-0, that'll boost morale also. Those who perform well in the friendly, praise them for an adding bit of boost to their confidence.
 
For anyone who has downloaded a digital version of this, what is the download size? Also, what's the best price it's available at?
 
pascell said:
Schedule a few friendlies against teams that you know you'll beat 5-0/6-0, that'll boost morale also. Those who perform well in the friendly, praise them for an adding bit of boost to their confidence.
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That's actually a great way to end goal droughts too isn't it, one thing for sure I am not going Mourinho mode in this game again. When things begin to go bad like that it really snowballs and you just not sure where it's going to pick up again.
 
Camavinga left Rennes on a free and I threw EVERYTHING I possibly could at him to try and coax him to sign for me but the cnut went to Liverpool.
 
Jesus, Phil Jones is a twit.

Asks me to move. I'm happy to oblige.

Gets offers from Norwich, West Brom, Bournemouth, Saint Etienne and RC Lens.

Rejects all of them.
 
I just played a preseason game against a Spanish second Div side, so all the player names were greyed out. That's not a surprise. No, the surprise was the the names of the starting 11:

Alvaro Alegre
Alvaro Aller
Alvaro
Alvaro
Alvaro Lago
Asier
Asier Barrientos
Asier Machin
Paco Fortes
Victor Manuel Fortes
Ethan

I think the FM random name generator may be broken.
 
WI_Red said:
I just played a preseason game against a Spanish second Div side, so all the player names were greyed out. That's not a surprise. No, the surprise was the the names of the starting 11:

Alvaro Alegre
Alvaro Aller
Alvaro
Alvaro
Alvaro Lago
Asier
Asier Barrientos
Asier Machin
Paco Fortes
Victor Manuel Fortes
Ethan

I think the FM random name generator may be broken.
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What the feck is Ethan doing there?!
 
Maagge said:
What the feck is Ethan doing there?!
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Scoring a hattrick on 3 shots (the only 3 his team had in the game), 2 of which were full volleys into the top corner on over the shoulder passes of 40 yards+. Since greyed out players have no stats I am assuming both his technique and finishing rating were 37 out of 20.
 
Lazio have a decent little squad. With my additions and January loans my team looks like this:

Gasparini
Frimpong - Badiashile - Acerbi - Pellegrini
Tonali - Pobega
Malcolm (loan) - Goncalves - Fati (loan)
Immobile​

Currently 4 points clear at the top in February. All the other teams around me keep beating each other which has helped a bit.
 
I am here to f*ck up your monopolies.

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Immobile was absolutely immense. He scored 46 goals this season.

I'm kind of looking to move on now as what else can I do? Juve didn't even finish second, it was a bit easy. Doesn't look like any PL jobs are going at the moment.
 
Solius said:
I am here to f*ck up your monopolies.

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Immobile was absolutely immense. He scored 46 goals this season.

I'm kind of looking to move on now as what else can I do? Juve didn't even finish second, it was a bit easy. Doesn't look like any PL jobs are going at the moment.
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Stop PSG or Bayern!
 
I know that every year people bitch and moan about super keepers and smash and grabs, but I think I just had my worst experience ever. I wish I had not rage deleted my save so I could have shown the screen shot. I just lost 1 - 0 to Fulham in the league at home. Makes sense if this was real life, but this was FM. Fulham had 1 shot (total) all game, the goal which came from a 35 yard screamer from that Decorative-Reedguy. Uts had 35 shots, 20 on target. xG was 6.something. Greenwood had 3 1v1's, Rashford had 2 and only one shot was even on target. Areola had a rating of about 15.5 out of 10. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

As an aside, are they ever going to fix the 2v1 but never squares the ball thing. Drives me insane.
 
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