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Gaming Football Manager 90s draft (1995/96 season)
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Also if you guys have any suggestion for transfer window, let me know. Right now is auto transfer using AI managers, but it sucked in last draft as for many AI just refused to do any transfers for multiple seasons.
Will come back to you on this.
@Tuppet the CL games images aren't showing.
Sorry forgot to add img tags, fixed now.
That's strange. Especially combined with the fact that he isn't natural at center back position, which was his main oneAlso Onopko can also play as striker in the db (although he is primarily a DM), if you think thats wrong I can change it -
And his dribbling and finishing stats are overrated. But if we'll begin to change the database, we won't see the end of it.
We can sack a coach at the end of the season or at any time?
Makes sense. Cheers
Why is Niemi not playing for us?
Transfer Window Suggestion...
We get to choose who to put on the transfer list (maximum of 7 players can be chosen).
Once we have created a roster of tradeable players, managers can put in offers via this thread for that player via a player exchange (or offer two players for one).
So we will just trade amongst ourselves.
48 hour deadline, then once it closes.. @Tuppet puts the changes through and we go again. I think the fact if a side doesn't finish high up the table with their existing squad will facilitate risky transfer strategies.
Each manager must exchange a minimum of two players per window.
We get to choose who to put on the transfer list (maximum of 7 players can be chosen).
Once we have created a roster of tradeable players, managers can put in offers via this thread for that player via a player exchange (or offer two players for one).
So we will just trade amongst ourselves.
48 hour deadline, then once it closes.. @Tuppet puts the changes through and we go again. I think the fact if a side doesn't finish high up the table with their existing squad will facilitate risky transfer strategies.
Each manager must exchange a minimum of two players per window.
Will throw my idea in the ring as a suggestion, simply because the ai none transfers really were crap last time out.
Each manager picks 3 players to protect and 3 to target. Targeting works from bottom of the table upwards. Giving the managers that finished lowest an opportunity to pick up better players.
EDIT: Can even so the targeting in the thread to add a bit of fun. Say 24 hours for everyone to submit their blocks for their side. Then we work our way up with everyone getting to see who gets targeted. Put a limit on the amount of players that can be taken from 1 squad as a way to balance it out.
@Tuppet
Thanks for posting the results. Who is my manager? He clearly doesn’t know which positions my players are best in.
Thanks for posting the results. Who is my manager? He clearly doesn’t know which positions my players are best in.
tuppet and me already discussed little about this so lets see what others think:
Every team loses 1 random player after each season and then we do a draft for them....worst teams pick first and so on. Game doesnt became stale as fm drafts usually do, we are involved after every season + weaker teams get to strengthen themselves after each bad season so the league stays unpredictable.
Every team loses 1 random player after each season and then we do a draft for them....worst teams pick first and so on. Game doesnt became stale as fm drafts usually do, we are involved after every season + weaker teams get to strengthen themselves after each bad season so the league stays unpredictable.
I don’t think 1 player would be enough to stop the game becoming stale. I think there needs to be changes to each teams first XI which is why I suggested the protect and pick idea. Would still work from the bottom upwards giving the bottom teams more opportunity to get better players in.
How many transfers do we have in your idea, IMO we should have the 90% of the drafted squad through whole draft as that is the purpose of this thing so one player per season is more then enough, season is short so even if you get lucky and lose jimmy bullard soon you will face another window where you can lose your best player
@Tuppet for the transfer do a draft. Bottom to top. You get to switch one of your players with any other player. Players are transferred banned for 1 window.
I'm not really arsed - happy to keep it as it is. The interest going forward for me is to see how the squad ages and the youngsters develop to fill their boots. Generally @2mufc0 and I tried to set the squad up in such a way to account for either a transfer ban (which looked like the plan at the time) or an AI manager not doing much trading (which is what has happened previously). So we've got Aimar filling the long-term boots of Baggio, Stam > Hendry, Lucio > De Boer, Vieira > Di Biagio, Landreau > Illgner.
I'm happy for a trade system to exist but I ain't losing players by default as a rule. It took long enough to draft the squads.
Would hate to lose a star player randomly. Trading is better imo. More control and skill strategy involved.
Its a fun draft/game so random stuff only adds to the experience, in real life so much can happen with your star players so whats the point if everyone just protects theirs? It will be boring and trading will happen with "average" players who wont change much....tbf im happy either way, junkies dont have criterias.
Agree but I think finishing lower in the table should automatically motivate some managers to take drastic risks with their star players and try to trade them. If they only offer crap then unlikely their league position will change. Something which strikes a balance between ensuring freshness but rewarding skill and somewhat respecting the original squad building ability is key.
3 each squad but everyone also protects 3 of their players. If you pick a protected player you lose a transfer so it'll be a max of 3.
Serves you right for that hipster manager choiceCan you find out what's up with Mijatovic? @Tuppet
I don't have any injuries but he's out of the squad (after scoring like 5 in 4 or something like that) and Cruyff plays a centerback upfront for 2 games in a row
like a warewolf draft
I was going to say 'well what do you expect with Van Basten's injury record' but then I noticed we had Redondo out as well.
I was going to say 'well what do you expect with Van Basten's injury record' but then I noticed we had Redondo out as well.
The alternate reality where Marco is iron man and playing 500 consecutive matches? One can dream...
In my experience FM is not good at making Injury prone players, I've had many seasons of Injury free Wilshere, Gundogan and before that Hargreaves.
It's interesting, what's van Basten's injury-proness in this db? 20?
Update 4
Update 4
Think I'll just do some short update for a few weeks before transfer window opens up, if anyone need more detailed match report / formation pics etc, let me know -
Think I'll just do some short update for a few weeks before transfer window opens up, if anyone need more detailed match report / formation pics etc, let me know -
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@Ecstatic You can fire your manager whenever you want, not just end of season.
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For this window I'll just let AI do the transfers if it doesn't do transfers for many clubs we'll take some other approach.
Update 5:
Sorry no, he's not in the game.
Ok, I will find somebody else