Recent content by Benend

Chelsea are absolutely rubbish in my save too however they've got; Hulk, Arda Turan, Alderweireld, Joao Moutinho and a whole host of other top class talent so it makes no sense. Plus Lukaku, Romeu and McEachran's stats are insane. After the first season they finished 7th and sacked AVB. They...

In the first season it's possible to get Barca's Afellay for under £2 mill (think I paid £1.8m) as he gets transfer listed. Whether a team in that bracket could afford his wages is another matter though.

Arsenal 2014 GK: Steve Mandanda LB: Aly Cissokho CB: Alvaro Dominguez CB: Verminator RB: Bacary Sagna DM: Alex Song AMR: Theo Walcott MC: Jack Wilshere AML: Gervinho ST: Bojan (Advanced Forward) ST: Seydou 'Goal Machine' Doumbia (Poacher) Bench: Christian Eriksen (so hard leaving him out...

Although said earlier, I'd also recommend Steve Mandanda who's buy-out clause is something like £11.25m. Not only is he a great keeper but his distribution has been awesome for me, setting up many counter-attacks.

Seydou Doumbia was my record breaking signing at £17 mill. In the first season he scored 24 in 32 games. In the next he broke his foot and was out for 6 months, when he came back he scored in 15 games in a row and took the Premier League team of the year with only 19 games played! Only thing...

If he let in 6 goals in one game, maybe they were right to complain!

Either; Steve Mandanda for £11.25m - I play an ultra attacking tactic so he is always keeping me in the game, then setting up counter attacks. He got more assists than some of my centre midfielders! Seydou Doumbia for £15m - I didn't even wanna pay that much because I like to play the game...

I recently had Szczesny sent off at home against Shakhtar. He rushed out of his goal and hand-balled it in he 20th minute! I had no keeper on the bench so put Wilshere in and I won!

Well I'll just tell you what I did. Currently sat at the top of the league and still in all competitions come February with this team. Sold: - Mannone - Almunia - Rosicky Got £6 mill in total from those sales The budget was something like £40 mill so I had £46 mill to spend. Bought: -...

- Controlling how your players act when they're not on the ball. I know you can 'hassle opponents' etc, but I think you should be able to actually position players in different areas of the pitch when the other team are attacking.

This thread makes me feel even worse! Until this Christmas, I'd only ever played FM10 and I've won everything on there. However, on FM12 it seems to take a long time for a team (and tactics) to gel. Also, I'm experiencing more injuries than usual. I always start a FM save with Arsenal so I can...

My Arsenal team finally gel in a 5-0 demolition against Panathinaikos but in the last 20 minutes, Koscielny and Gervinho limp off. After the game, Park has also picked up a knock. The diagnosis? Koscielny = 3-4 months Gervinho = 8 weeks Park = 2 weeks From one game that I cruised through...

Thanks for the help! I'll set him as complete forward. It's hard starting the season with Arsenal coz they have 3/4 key players injured for months, especially Wilshere. It's tough deciding whether to sign somebody while he's out.

Thought this would be the best place to ask instead of making a thread. How do you get the best out of RVP? I've tried two different saves; one where he was an AMC set to trequartista behind Walcott and another when he is alongside Chamakh as a complete forward. Both times he gets lowly average...

On FM10 my save is at 2036. Jack Wilshere, Wayne Rooney and co are all managers. Crystal Palace and Southampton are consistently winning the league and Wigan and Blackburn both ended up CC2 or lower. I got so far because I wanted to take lowly Kingstonian from the BSP and make them regular Prem...