Recent content by Dickybran

I'm playing with Newcastle. I have signed Dann, Cahill and Varane. In my old save with Spurs I used the Stopper/Cover defence style which worked well. I think I can do the same with the defenders I have but it does not seem to be working. I then tried Defend/Defend which seemed to work ok, but...

One of my star strikers has been injured in pre-season and will be out for 3-4 months. I have £10m left to spend, can you recommend someone? (I'm just about to start the 2012/2013 season).

I have just been reading someone describing how the Closing Down slider works, "Imagine a circle around your player, as you increase the closing down slider, the circle gets bigger. If an oppositional player dare enter that circle then he will be closed down". He then goes onto to say if you are...

I'm currently managing Newcastle. I have some good strikers with good acceleration and speed stats, but am looking for a playmaker who can thread the ball through to them. Someone like Iniesta who can play those killer balls. In the past I have had a few players that should fit this mould in...

I've read about people getting decent players on a free. How do you find these players? Whenever I do a search I very rarely find anyone decent.

Is there a full guide to setting up tactics and using the Tactics Creator? I'd like to know if players will know how to play defensively/counter-attacking/control/attacking football if you have not setup a tactic for it. ie. if I setup a tactic with standard play but wanted to hold onto a lead...

I've just taken over Inter halfway through the 2013 season. I have Lucio and Andrea Ranocchia as my starting defensive pair. I've always had a stopper and cover partnership in the past, but am not sure if I can do this with these two. I'm also unsure whether to have them set to tight marking...

I've just taken over Inter Milan after 2 and a half years at Spurs. I've played Diego Milito as a targetman a few times and he's been very disappointing, so haven't played him in the last 5 games, and am thinking about selling him. Has anyone had any success with him?

I've been managing Spurs and won the EPL in my first season, and the Champions League in the second. Halfway through the 3rd season I was approached by Inter. I took the job but found it's quite a challenge. They are 8th in the league and team morale isn't great. One of the most annoying things...

When you find yourself playing against 10 men what do you do? I tend to think I should play with width and keep hold of the ball a bit, make them do the chasing and hopefully wear them out. But when I've tried this it hasn't really worked.

I've just started with QPR. Can anyone recommend a decent striker for around £2m?

I'm managing Spurs so have Bale and Lennon on each wing but very rarely score from crosses. Most of the time I've had drill crosses set, but recently I've been mixing it up a bit with float crosses but it's still not working as well as I'd like. I have Defoe or Benitez as poachers playing...

I've recently downloaded Lion operating system for the Mac, and now FM won't load. I remember having a similar problem with a download of Tiger. Is anybody else having the same problem and managed to resolve it?

I'm into my 2nd season with Spurs and have Sanogo, Lukaku and Babacar. I've been looking at the progress of their training and am not sure if it's good enough. Most of their attributes have only gone up by 0.5 or 1.0 over a year on the graph, in some cases they haven't improved at all, and in a...

You hear everyone on here going on about the big names or the best hot prospects, but does anyone have a favourite unsung hero? I've only managed Spurs, Liverpool and England, but I would have to say Krancjar for me. I've played him on the left wing when Bale is injured, or inside left and he...