Recent content by Jamesveekay

First of all, I play Jeff Hendrick rather than Craig Bryson as my BBM normally. The picture was the last team I played and Hendrick is currently injured. The rest is pretty much my current first-choice starting XI I use Control so as to make my team slightly more attack-minded since I think on...

I'm using Derby County, into my second season after winning the Championship in the first, earning promotion to the Premier League. We're 12-13 games into the season and I found my team stumbling to 18th, despite being were touted to finish 14th. I'm currently using a 4-3-3 DM Wide...

I actually do, just that I didn't specify. Here they are: GK: Lee Grant DL: Paul Dummett DCL: Jason Shackell DCR: Richard Keogh DR: Jesus Gamez DM: George Thorne MCL: Will Hughes MCR: Jeff Hendrick AML: Andreas Pereira AMR: Johnny Russell / Tom Ince ST: Chris Martin / Charlie Austin Besides...

Hey guys, I'm just gonna post my current squad and tactics, so tell me what you think! I'm following the format of the sticky. It's gonna be a long one because I'm trying to include as many things as possible, so bear with me if you wanna read. If you don't, that's ok too! :) CLUB: DERBY COUNTY...

Thanks for answering! But my concern with a Half Back is that maybe it's not suitable for my team, which is why I'm wondering if there's a way to set that play through instructions. I'm playing Derby County, entering my second season after getting promoted to the PL in the first. The DM's I...

Hi. Is there any way to give a specific player movement? Examples that I'm trying to implement are DM dropping in between centre-backs when defending, and the respective centre-backs covering their side's full-backs when the full-backs are bombing forward. Is there a way to set my tactics as...

Hey guys, I'm playing Derby County and I'm on course to get a promotion to the Premier League next season. I'll need a new first-choice left-back next season (2nd season) to replace Stephen Warnock and Craig Forsyth who have been pretty inconsistent. Preferably someone a bit versatile who can...

SEPTEMBER Not a bad month, since we managed to go unbeaten. Chris Martin scored in every single one of the matches, so I'm happy that he's consistent. Also, new loan signing from Norwich, Jamar Loza, is being clinical at the moment. Our problem now is trying to keep clean sheets, and we need...

AUGUST As a whole, it's been a great month, with many convincing victories. Two 0-1 defeats stained what would be an incredible run of games, but that's football; much is needed to sustain a good form. Also, it's great to see my strikers firing on all cylinders; they scored 3 hattricks this...

Pre-Season As I said, there isn't much to look forward to in terms of transfers. In real life, Derby have brought in several good players to improve the team, including the likes of Bradley Johnson, Jacob Butterfield, Jason Shackell, Tom Ince, and Andreas Weimann, so I'm not bringing any more...

Hey guys, this is my second Derby run, with the first one being in FM 2015. That save file got corrupted, so it came to an abrupt ending. You can check the story out here...

Johannes Kirchovski Appointed as The Rams Manager After a disappointing eighth-placed finish in the 2014/15 season, Steve McClaren was sacked by the Derby County board. The Rams' newly-appointed chairman, Mel Morris, stated that the team's poor run of form towards the end of the season was a...

August Premier League has fewer matches than the Championship, so I guess that's why it starts later. Three matches in the span of 7 days wasn't easy to go through, but fortunately one of them was a Capital One Cup match against a lower-league team, so I had the chance to rest the first-team...

2015/16 PRE-SEASON Transfer Activities As you can see, I have been relatively busy in the transfer window. The players in the "Out" section are either unneeded players who ran out of contract or youth players leaving on loan; nothing more. However, there was one more player leaving the club...

Derby County Ram Their Way to Championship Title Derby players celebrate title win with their mascot Derby County clinched their fifth Championship title in style after a 4-2 win over Huddersfield with two games to spare. Second-placed Middlesbrough's 0-1 loss against Norwich City meant that...