Recent content by JamesOD

I'm a bit of a novis when it comes to Signing players on FM, but from my knowledge of real life football, I would recommend Tom Carroll as the midfielder next to the BWM rather than the actual BWM. In real life, his passing ability is immense, glimmers of Luca Modric about him. Although he does...

I'm in about November 2012 with Tottenham, I've been tweaking with my tactics for the whole of the season so far as I haven't found the one that suits my team. My preferred formation at the moment is a 4-4-1-1 however either Parker/Sandro are placed slightly behind the midfield in the DM role...

I'm a beginner, I'm struggling to get to grips with tactics. I started with Tottenham a few weeks ago and signed Adrian (Att Mardrid), Benat (Real Betis) and Cristiano Zanetti (Free agent, used as back up), I have a good team with good depth but I struggle to beat the "big teams" e.g United...

Thanks mate, good work with all this. Very helpful!

Perhaps Alderwiereld as a CB, he can cover RB as well and has potential as well as good quality now. Pjanic is also one with quality now as well as potential for the future. You won't need to replace lennon, you just have to get a bit of cover for him so perhaps a player like Zaha who will...

This is brilliant mate, very good read. I've literally just bought Football manager and as a first timer I am struggling to get up and running. I started with Spurs, made two transfers, bringing in Prajnic(I'm not sure if I spelt that right) and Gary Hooper(Not in time to come to the training...

Hi, I literally just bought Football Manager 2013 yesterday and I'm still attempting to get to grips with it. I've just started a career with Tottenham, I've only had two games so far (Layton Orient and Tours FC) And it's not just going for me. I drew 1-1 and lost 3-1. So far I've not been too...