Recent content by karabas1543

As an update for those who might have the same problem: The problem went away on its own. Looks like just luck. I have a nagging suspicion that the game outcomes change every time you restart the game. My winning/losing streaks last pretty much as long as a single playing session. Once I...

Hey guys, I'm doing an LLM game in FM14, currently in the N. Ireland Premiere with a side I promoted from C2. We've had a good run, played in the Europa League twice now, this season making it to the qualifying round (beat out a Portuguese Premiere League team!). We've always been a scoring...

Interesting - so if the B team plays in the same league as its parent team, does the B-team auto-forfeit all of its games against the parent or something?

Hm, ok, thanks! I might try that. I wonder though... there's a chance my B-team could make it to the Premiere League also - especially in a few years if I do well in the European competitions and bring in the money to improve youth intake, development, etc. What happens if you and your B-team...

Hey guys, I decided to resurrect an fm14 save with a N. Irish 3rd division side that I helped reach the top division. The interesting thing is that my youth intake is really good: I have over 40 (!) young players out on loan to division 2 and 3 teams. So basically my B team could easily...

Hey guys, I decided to resurrect an old fm14 save I have: I'm in my 4th season with Ballymoney Utd, a C2 Northern Irish club that I promoted to the Premiere League and am now challenging for the European qualification spots with. For some weird reason, I have a very good youth intake: I have...

once again, the way the game engine works, you would have achieved the same results by setting match prep to attacking set pieces the day before every match. actually, you might have done better, because match prep focus takes away from other training times.

heh, that's pretty cool. if it works, i'd imagine you'd get a tiki-taka style of play with that formation. i'd like to try this out with Blyth in my LLM campaign, we already play short-passing football as it is and our forwards can't score for life... i'm not very experienced with this, but one...

The best way to find great players for BSP (and beyond) is to go through the weak and medium-strength EU nations and scour their U19/U21 teams for unsigned players. You will find that these guys will be highly willing to join you, will often sign for small pay (if they don't have an agent), and...

So I got promoted to npower 1 after a crazy season. My team ended up slumping again and there was little I could do, although I luckily had my board select Chelsea as an option for a parent club during the slump, so I quickly signed a few $1M+ players. That and a constant high focus on teamwork...

I think most people play defensive football when playing at this level - I don't think that's absolutely necessary. I also don't believe in one type of tactic for all teams. Here's what I would do: 1) Use your team depth report to see what formation would a) enable you to play all the best...

I say if he doesn't play well and add to your team's play, don't get him. Like Mullen said, you can have **** players who for some reason play great - I experienced this first hand after taking on an old irish right winger who was worse than my original one in BSN. We're in league 2 now and the...

Nice. I agree that landing a good parent club can result in some great loans. What a lot of people don't realize is that a parent club doesn't just loan out players to it when they feel like it (which is almost never), but are also more likely to allow their players to join your club on loan if...

Wow, thanks for that! Very useful actually, I will try it out and let you know how it goes. My tactics are really weird to be honest, maybe I'm not maximizing my potential there. I play a standard 4-4-2 with attacking wingers, an AP and a DLP in the center mid, and a complete forward/poacher...

Hi all! I'm really dumbfounded about my current season as Blyth. After a roaring start, my team is suddenly playing like it's a whole division lower and I don't understand why. Here's what happened. We're in our 3rd season and were promoted from BSP to npower 2 via play-offs. It was a very...