First youth intake
It?s march ? and that means a new intake of fresh blood. What have the random gods of chance got in store for us this year...
....These 3 stand out as potential game changers
Rui
I?m pretty stocked for talent already in the DM/CM position. But Rui will make a...
November to March (youth intake 1)
The project continues on track though there were some decidedly nervy moments with a number of single goal victories
What is quickly becoming clear ? the title and European places will be decided on how we do versus Benfica and Porto
We then have to maintain...
Ok so I need to catch up with this story, having blitzed through season 1. Things have definitely got a lot more interesting in season 2. May skip through rest of season 1 in a few posts before getting onto the slightly hairy moments i'm now facing (following some required, but potentially...
Learnings from first 3 months
Portuguese league is easier than other leagues - some of the first opposition did not offer much competition. Though FCP and SLB scare me
Sporting have a pretty good squad already. With some great ball players. Don't know about their PA/CA but hope there is...
First 3 months - going surprisingly well
Day 1 of the season arrives. I have no idea what to expect...
Sporting 3 - 0 Gil Vicente
Heldon, Montero, Carillo
Well... I wasn't expecting such an easy first game.
After our pre-season was delighted to start this well. Though definitely...
Pre-season - not starting well
Pre-season
So a pretty terrible start to the season. Doesn't bode well. Assistant lined up 4 away friendlies against European opposition.
Guess we need the money we're already in the red. And appear to be losing money each month... Unless i can get into...
The beginning
Sporting Club de Portugal
"Ten" joins Sporting Club de Portugal
Squad depth
So - first things first. What have I let myself in for. Quick check of the roster and I seem to have a LOT of players, even more out on loan, and those i do have are new. Most look like they...
So... ...I've been lurking here for a while on and off... and felt inspired finally to start my own football story.
Hope it is relatively entertaining for you all
Background:
Modern day football is a cut throat game. Loyalty means nothing. So I plan to play that way.
The setup:
I...
Long post - but was hoping to stimulate some debate on a Friday at work!
having a series of 'email debates' with various buddies on these - and wanted the communities opinions on the use of free roles in 4-4-2 and 4-2-3-1 formation
My history with free roles
In fm 2011 and 2012 - I never...
I love this stuff. hats off to you for doing some fairly comprehensive simming and testing. There's definitely something fishy going on with 13.2.1. And while you may not have nailed the root cause on the head - the fact the weighting and importance of certain stats or settings has changed...
Wondering how people play away from home?
I'm really struggling here. I use a slightly tweaked version of either 4-1DM-2CM-2 IF-1 Forward. Or 4-2-3-1 (with AM and 2 wingers)
Even on defensive or counter i seem to ship goals (my main concern) but also struggle to score
I'm Newcastle, season...
I'm really struggling to design a 4-2-3-1 (with 2 wide men) for Newcastle in Fm 2013
The 4 areas I seem to struggle most with
1) Right role / job for wide men - I set these usually as Inside forwards. Wide play as cut inside. Often run from deep. Then sometimes for everything else (through...
Interesting. Though i try and stay away from players with high aggression. Always seem to pick up too many cards / get sent off at worst times
I'm yet to discover a good use for that stat