Recent content by JCMUtdfan1

In my save I'm getting to the point where I have my first team goalkeeper who's been great for me and I have a young star coming through who's just about ready for first team football. The thing is I've been lucky that my first choice keeper has never been injured for that long as we always play...

I keep getting this message when I try and get a couple of players out on loan for first team football. They're good players but I want them to get better before I put them in my team so I want to loan them out like I did the season before. However I keep getting the message 'no club considers a...

I've always wondered if you could have such a thing as a 'defensive tactic' for a team in FM, though I did think that there are certain aspects that can make a tactic defensive. Playing as a weaker team in most leagues and when you go into Europe, there are some games where you will be defending...

For those of you who followed the stories in FM12, you may have seen I did a story called 'Worldwide Trophy Hunt' where I planned to go to different clubs around the world and win as many trophies as I could. I only managed to get to 3 clubs before giving up but I won a lot of trophies while I...

Hi everyone, I need some help as I'm currently waiting for a transfer to go through but I don't have enough funds after adjusting the budgets to get the players wages. I then asked the board for an increase in transfer budget which they accepted and I assumed as I would be able to afford the...

I've been wondering how much of an impact these have on the team performances and if there's a 'right' way to use them. I use a 4-1-2-1-2 formation and the instructions I use are play narrower, exploit the middle, get the ball forward, pass into space, hassle opponents, work the ball into the...

I'm in my third season with Wigan and I have three strikers; Kone, Ademilson and Carroll (loan). I do have other players that can play up front but those are my three main strikers. However Carroll recently became injured for four months and I was looking for recommendations on good target men...

Hey, I've always wondered how other people use the information given from the scout reports of other teams. I can see what types of goals they score, when they score them etc. but I never know how to use this information to gain an advantage in the next game. If anyone could tell me what they do...

Hi everyone, I've always seemed to have a soft spot for Wigan when I first saw them play in the Premier League and hearing about their journey from League 2 to arguably the best league in the world. But after an impressive first season which saw them sit in second place in November as well as...

Has anyone else had the problem that a couple of months into your third season, your team stops playing well? I've had it with Man United and now I'm having it with Bayern. In both cases I've had tactics that have won me leagues in the season before but around October/November the other teams...

Hi everyone, I've tried to set up a poll on my story but I can't figure out how to do it. I've heard that it's under thread tools but all that drops down when I click it is "show printable version", "Email this page" and "Subscribe to this thread". If anyone can help me with this that would...

Fergie leaves United! Sir Alex Ferguson has stepped down as Manchester United manager after 25 years in charge. Sir Alex says that he has lead United as far as he can and he wants someone new to lead United to future glory. There was one strange thing about his resignation, Sir Alex insisted...

I'm in my third season with Man United and having won everything playing in a boring 4-4-2 formation I decided to mix things up this season. I've decided to play total football with a 2-3-2-3 formation but I seem to be leaking goals. It was fine in pre-season and the Community Shield where we...

Hey, if anyone has said something incredibly stupid that you feel has to be heard then post it on here. With the large amounts of stupid things I've heard people say I'm collecting all of the quotes and pooling them all into one area. So if anyone says something stupid, post it here. :)

Challenge Outline Genk shot to fame earlier in the year by reaching the group stage of the Champions League plus getting the attention of British football show Soccer AM. Genk unfortuantely didn't make it past the group stage despite a titanic draw against Chelsea. Your challenge is to prove to...