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Re: Football Manager 2013

Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:19 pm

bluebird04 wrote:im keen on buying and might make the big dip tomorrow. in all my other versions i always played one target man and one poacher.

hows etien looking, and whitts.

whats the starting budget and who do you all sell off / loan out first

I saved about £8 buying it off Steam, it's a winter sale or something.




And Tonteg Bluebird, as you're in the same situation as me, what signings do you recommend? Starting to struggle a bit

Re: Football Manager 2013

Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:54 pm

CantonJack wrote:
bluebird04 wrote:im keen on buying and might make the big dip tomorrow. in all my other versions i always played one target man and one poacher.

hows etien looking, and whitts.

whats the starting budget and who do you all sell off / loan out first

I saved about £8 buying it off Steam, it's a winter sale or something.




And Tonteg Bluebird, as you're in the same situation as me, what signings do you recommend? Starting to struggle a bit


My seats are black as well! I put my status down as professional and I am able to offer just over £500 per week for a player on key squad member status, so obviously I am doing better than you because I'm able to attract better players. I broke the bank to sign Nicky Travis on a free and he's been my best signing by a mile, but he's on £550 a week. Tell me what positions you are looking to strengthen and I will try to help.

Re: Football Manager 2013

Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:01 am

Tonteg Bluebird wrote:
CantonJack wrote:
bluebird04 wrote:im keen on buying and might make the big dip tomorrow. in all my other versions i always played one target man and one poacher.

hows etien looking, and whitts.

whats the starting budget and who do you all sell off / loan out first

I saved about £8 buying it off Steam, it's a winter sale or something.




And Tonteg Bluebird, as you're in the same situation as me, what signings do you recommend? Starting to struggle a bit


My seats are black as well! I put my status down as professional and I am able to offer just over £500 per week for a player on key squad member status, so obviously I am doing better than you because I'm able to attract better players. I broke the bank to sign Nicky Travis on a free and he's been my best signing by a mile, but he's on £550 a week. Tell me what positions you are looking to strengthen and I will try to help.

RB or CB mostly. Or a LM or AM (L). Funds are no trouble, got a decent amount of money but my scouts can't seem to find me anyone
I'm alright in CM, got someone called Baker from Torquay for £5k and he's been great

Re: Football Manager 2013

Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:24 am

CantonJack wrote:
Tonteg Bluebird wrote:
CantonJack wrote:
bluebird04 wrote:im keen on buying and might make the big dip tomorrow. in all my other versions i always played one target man and one poacher.

hows etien looking, and whitts.

whats the starting budget and who do you all sell off / loan out first

I saved about £8 buying it off Steam, it's a winter sale or something.




And Tonteg Bluebird, as you're in the same situation as me, what signings do you recommend? Starting to struggle a bit


My seats are black as well! I put my status down as professional and I am able to offer just over £500 per week for a player on key squad member status, so obviously I am doing better than you because I'm able to attract better players. I broke the bank to sign Nicky Travis on a free and he's been my best signing by a mile, but he's on £550 a week. Tell me what positions you are looking to strengthen and I will try to help.

RB or CB mostly. Or a LM or AM (L). Funds are no trouble, got a decent amount of money but my scouts can't seem to find me anyone
I'm alright in CM, got someone called Baker from Torquay for £5k and he's been great


Try Billy Tsovolos, Jordan Tabor, James Holden, Curtis Wynter, Henry McStay and Tom Moncur.

Re: Football Manager 2013

Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:58 pm

took the dip earlier bought it. what set up ya'll using. and how do the scum get off ?

Re: Football Manager 2013

Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:05 pm

Bought it off steam xmas day cheap as a good deal was on not played it yet though as not had time. Some city fan set up a game so we can all play at same time. i'll go some to-bit team :ayatollah:

Re: Football Manager 2013

Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:07 pm

im waiting for my to be delievered. give me a week or two to create my working tactic and get used to some players and im game for a cardiff game to be set up. we should all go some non league team. to get promoted

Re: Football Manager 2013

Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:58 pm

bluebird04 wrote:took the dip earlier bought it. what set up ya'll using. and how do the scum get off ?


They're usually relegated 2nd or 3rd season in :lol:

Re: Football Manager 2013

Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:55 pm

How are you finding Jordan mutch on ur games? I'm only early on in the season but pre season and first few games he wasn't doing as good as cowie gunnarson and whitts so I've loaned him out to Celtic but seems like he got good potentiol

Re: Football Manager 2013

Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:57 pm

cakey-8t7 wrote:How are you finding Jordan mutch on ur games? I'm only early on in the season but pre season and first few games he wasn't doing as good as cowie gunnarson and whitts so I've loaned him out to Celtic but seems like he got good potentiol


Found gunnarsson to be better. Still playing him several seasons in and noone does well

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:17 am

CjBluebird17 wrote:
cakey-8t7 wrote:How are you finding Jordan mutch on ur games? I'm only early on in the season but pre season and first few games he wasn't doing as good as cowie gunnarson and whitts so I've loaned him out to Celtic but seems like he got good potentiol


Found gunnarsson to be better. Still playing him several seasons in and noone does well


Noone was awful for me and the contract he was on was ridiculous :shock:

Gunnarson ended up being my captain in the prem with Ledley (!) as my vice-captain after I got him on a free from Celtic :twisted:

I had a bloody good team before I misclicked the delete button :oops: :lol:

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:20 am

Aramore wrote:
CjBluebird17 wrote:
cakey-8t7 wrote:How are you finding Jordan mutch on ur games? I'm only early on in the season but pre season and first few games he wasn't doing as good as cowie gunnarson and whitts so I've loaned him out to Celtic but seems like he got good potentiol


Found gunnarsson to be better. Still playing him several seasons in and noone does well


Noone was awful for me and the contract he was on was ridiculous :shock:

Gunnarson ended up being my captain in the prem with Ledley (!) as my vice-captain after I got him on a free from Celtic :twisted:

I had a bloody good team before I misclicked the delete button :oops: :lol:


Yeah he was ok in the championship but then in the prem seemed to play awesome. His value went up to £7 million :o The problem I found was Bellamy was always injured

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:24 am

downloading the game now, better be good! even though its free!

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:29 am

Reading wanted to buy Gunnar off me for just over £2m. f**k that I said, kept him and I'm 3rd in mid November :ayatollah:
Haven't made any signings yet, no significantly weak positions, anyone recommend anyone to sign for City for less than £1m? :ayatollah:

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:31 am

CjBluebird17 wrote:
Aramore wrote:
CjBluebird17 wrote:
cakey-8t7 wrote:How are you finding Jordan mutch on ur games? I'm only early on in the season but pre season and first few games he wasn't doing as good as cowie gunnarson and whitts so I've loaned him out to Celtic but seems like he got good potentiol


Found gunnarsson to be better. Still playing him several seasons in and noone does well


Noone was awful for me and the contract he was on was ridiculous :shock:

Gunnarson ended up being my captain in the prem with Ledley (!) as my vice-captain after I got him on a free from Celtic :twisted:

I had a bloody good team before I misclicked the delete button :oops: :lol:


Yeah he was ok in the championship but then in the prem seemed to play awesome. His value went up to £7 million :o The problem I found was Bellamy was always injured


Bellamy was always injured in the champ for me and dropped down to championship standards when I was in the prem. Him and Noone were a massive waste of wage budget for me.

The biggest boost for me in my game was Everton getting relegated, I managed to get jelavic for £5 million off them. He single handedly dragged me from the bottom five in my first prem season up to about eighth. I signed Baltotelli on loan in my 3rdm prem season but he got injured on his debut so i had to send him back : (

I had Smalling on loan for two seasons too.

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:33 am

Aramore wrote:
CjBluebird17 wrote:
Aramore wrote:
CjBluebird17 wrote:
cakey-8t7 wrote:How are you finding Jordan mutch on ur games? I'm only early on in the season but pre season and first few games he wasn't doing as good as cowie gunnarson and whitts so I've loaned him out to Celtic but seems like he got good potentiol


Found gunnarsson to be better. Still playing him several seasons in and noone does well


Noone was awful for me and the contract he was on was ridiculous :shock:

Gunnarson ended up being my captain in the prem with Ledley (!) as my vice-captain after I got him on a free from Celtic :twisted:

I had a bloody good team before I misclicked the delete button :oops: :lol:


Yeah he was ok in the championship but then in the prem seemed to play awesome. His value went up to £7 million :o The problem I found was Bellamy was always injured


Bellamy was always injured in the champ for me and dropped down to championship standards when I was in the prem. Him and Noone were a massive waste of wage budget for me.

The biggest boost for me in my game was Everton getting relegated, I managed to get jelavic for £5 million off them. He single handedly dragged me from the bottom five in my first prem season up to about eighth. I signed Baltotelli on loan in my 3rdm prem season but he got injured on his debut so i had to send him back : (

I had Smalling on loan for two seasons too.


Yeah first season in Prem got Dempsey on loan somehow and Maynard scored 27 goals for me in the league :D :ayatollah:

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:18 am

CjBluebird17 wrote:
Aramore wrote:
CjBluebird17 wrote:
Aramore wrote:
CjBluebird17 wrote:
cakey-8t7 wrote:How are you finding Jordan mutch on ur games? I'm only early on in the season but pre season and first few games he wasn't doing as good as cowie gunnarson and whitts so I've loaned him out to Celtic but seems like he got good potentiol


Found gunnarsson to be better. Still playing him several seasons in and noone does well


Noone was awful for me and the contract he was on was ridiculous :shock:

Gunnarson ended up being my captain in the prem with Ledley (!) as my vice-captain after I got him on a free from Celtic :twisted:

I had a bloody good team before I misclicked the delete button :oops: :lol:


Yeah he was ok in the championship but then in the prem seemed to play awesome. His value went up to £7 million :o The problem I found was Bellamy was always injured


Bellamy was always injured in the champ for me and dropped down to championship standards when I was in the prem. Him and Noone were a massive waste of wage budget for me.

The biggest boost for me in my game was Everton getting relegated, I managed to get jelavic for £5 million off them. He single handedly dragged me from the bottom five in my first prem season up to about eighth. I signed Baltotelli on loan in my 3rdm prem season but he got injured on his debut so i had to send him back : (

I had Smalling on loan for two seasons too.


Yeah first season in Prem got Dempsey on loan somehow and Maynard scored 27 goals for me in the league :D :ayatollah:


I abandoned Maynard to the reserves and signed Ji Dong Won from Sunderland instead :lol:

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:28 pm

Who you got as your goalkeeper? Not a lot to seperate Marshall or Lewis

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:31 pm

cakey-8t7 wrote:Who you got as your goalkeeper? Not a lot to seperate Marshall or Lewis


I had Jung-Song Ryong for a bit but his form was awful so I broke the bank for Ben Foster in the end.

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:35 pm

whats the clubs finances like in the first season. because i'd imagine with the squad promotion could be achieved without spending a penny.

also who did you all sign and sell in your first season. and loan out


last question haha whats the kids like.

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:42 pm

bluebird04 wrote:whats the clubs finances like in the first season. because i'd imagine with the squad promotion could be achieved without spending a penny.

also who did you all sign and sell in your first season. and loan out


last question haha whats the kids like.


The kids are rubbish.

There's a few that might make it in the champ in a few seasons time but apart from Ralls they aren't realy worth looking at.

The finances are an absolute mess by the end o the season and the board asked me to sell players in January (I didn't).

If you don't get promoted first year I can see year two but no fun whatsoever.

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:44 pm

Aaramore could you post some screenshots of your tactic etc please? I keep leaking goals and it is making me go mad! Always linger mid table! I'm shocking this year!!

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:42 pm

bluebird04 wrote:whats the clubs finances like in the first season. because i'd imagine with the squad promotion could be achieved without spending a penny.

also who did you all sign and sell in your first season. and loan out


last question haha whats the kids like.


You get bout a million to spend if you aim for title race but to be honest you only really need to add a couple of players. I normally get a right and left back and a CAM. Then get a few loans if needs be. With the team you already have you will pretty much storm the league

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:43 pm

cakey-8t7 wrote:Who you got as your goalkeeper? Not a lot to seperate Marshall or Lewis


Ive kept Marshall the entire time. Always does a decent job specially if you have a solid defence in front of him. Turner turns into an absolute beast in the premier league. In my first season he had the highest average rating than any other player in the league

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:57 pm

CJ, what tactic do you use? Shouts etc? What players do you normally bring in? I got Danny Wilson on loan from Liverpool yesterday! He's pretty good alongside turner or Conolly! I still seem to leak goals and my strikers never really score much!

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:59 pm

TeenageBlue wrote:CJ, what tactic do you use? Shouts etc? What players do you normally bring in? I got Danny Wilson on loan from Liverpool yesterday! He's pretty good alongside turner or Conolly! I still seem to leak goals and my strikers never really score much!

i play 4-2-3-1 and have it as control with pass to feet on. Works quite well but you need a decent CAM. But in the championship I'm sure I just kept it as 4-4-2 at home. With the wingers pushed further up.

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:00 pm

CantonJack wrote:I need some help. Downloaded the editor and mad Cardiff blue again, changed the shirt colours and all that, yet when I play a match we still play in red. Anyone know why?


You may have not selected the editor file to be on just before starting a new game.

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:04 pm

TheJoshider wrote:
CantonJack wrote:I need some help. Downloaded the editor and mad Cardiff blue again, changed the shirt colours and all that, yet when I play a match we still play in red. Anyone know why?


You may have not selected the editor file to be on just before starting a new game.

I've done that, all my other changes worked, just seat colour in the stadium and shirt colour that didn't change.

I changed Swansea's nickname to The Jack Bastards and that worked. Played them in the cup and it was billed as "Bluebirds vs The Jack Bastards" :D

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:35 pm

cheers lads, i made the purchase the other day. waiting on it to be delievered. usually, i keep the kids in older versions to loan out for a few years, then when they get 24. if their not good enough i sell of a bit of cash, usually comes in handy for a loan or some wage. whats whitts stats like. surely he'd be perfect for the CAM role. give him the free role, to roam behind the striker. his passing, creativity, vision, and team work should be high enough for the role

Re: Football Manager 2013

Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:44 pm

What are you guys using for style of play? I normally use attacking but it wasnt working for my team so I switched to balanced and I'm still not convinced!