Recent content by optimisticdan

Same issue with FM11, 'player X has to go off injured, it was caused by the challenge of player Y. Back in the news screen, 'Player X is out for 4 months with a torn calf muscle after attempting a sprint in the match'. Also, when a player is ill why do you have to waste time deciding whether...

More injury moaning - why is it that players have to be subbed off when they get a gashed arm or leg? What are plasters and bandages for?

That's just the nature of managing Ajax. I have a save with them and have managed to win the Champions League twice, but I'd estimate around 70% of the game is used rejecting offers for players. The Dutch league is awful so the players generally want to join bigger clubs. The transfer fees...

Playing as Fiorentina, first choice right winger is Adem Ljajic, worth £18m. Take him off with 20 mins to go whilst whopping Juventus 4-1 and put on Davide Lanzafame, worth 3.5m, who plays about 3 games per season. Lanzafame gets injured (no big deal, I'm thrashing them). Post-match press...

Going on holiday forgetting that there's a Champions League squad selection, and come back to find the assistant didn't bother including my best keeper, central midfielder, and attacking midfielder, this game is f**king s**t.

Fiorentina, season 2013/2014, Gylfi Siguorsson, penalty taking ability 18. Penalties taken 5, penalties scored 1, wtf?

The fans confidence thing is pure nonsense. 'The fans are saddened to see player x leave the club and feel he still had something to offer', despite the fact he hasn't played a game for 3 years and there are about 4 other better players in his position. Also, when the fans get annoyed at losing...

The FM match engine is one of the single worst pieces of computer gaming design ever. Other games like Fifa manager have an awesome 3D match engine, while FM has this crappy engine with players that don't go after the ball when it's near them, or slow down when they're close to it letting...

Playing as Everton, three of my strikers (Bendtner, Baxter and Lukaku - on loan from Chelsea) all out with torn calf muscles for 4 months in the space of two matches, so unrealistic. Playing against Wolves, surprise surprise they score with pretty much their only shot of the match in the 55th...

I'm playing as Atletico Madrid in 2019, and have Theo Walcott, who has just turned 30 and has one year left on his contract. I go to renew it when they give me the 12 month warning, and even though I have him as a key player, when I go into the offer contract screen it has it set to back up...

Never go on holiday even for a few days during a transfer window and squad registration time. The computer decided to unregister some of my important squad players despite the fact I have loads of space in my squad. Now I don't have enough first team players to make up a proper bench. Gone on...

I don't mind losing fair and square in this game but it seems like so much stuff is designed to just deliberately ruin your chances of success. I had a match on a Sunday before an international break, and half my team went off on international duty, when the opposition had loads of international...

The time wasting is bollocks as well. If you're losing by one goal with hardly any time left, the opposition will literally take 1 game minute to take a throw-in or corner. However, when you're winning 1-0, even with time wasting on maximum and the shout on 'retain possession', your team still...

The manager interaction is awful. I just beat Bolton 3-0 with Wolves and their manager decided to criticise my approach afterwards for not scoring enough goals (eh?). I want to reply with something along the lines of 'well, how about that thrashing I just handed you?', but can only reply with...

Having to decide whether to send a player with flu home or to the physio. Who on this planet sees a physio if they've got flu? Not being able to reject all offers and reject all loan offers simultaneously. I was playing as Athletic Bilbao in 2015 and rejected a tonne of offers for Jon Auternexe...