Recent content by podunkboy

You may have both made my day and wrecked my plans for the summer.

Nope, playing FM14 almost exclusively, although I still have a FM13 Arsenal save that I check back on because I'm not ready to let it go yet.

There IS a Women's League database out there. http://www.fmscout.com/a-womens-football-the-database-fm13.html I haven't tried it yet (did download it), I'm afraid one of the players will score a goal, whip off her shirt, and...fantasy destroyed.

I pull up the national pool, change the display of stats to "Club selection" to see who's playing well for their club, then change it to "International selection" to see who's been producing for the national team. I make sure those players are called up/selected for the national team. If you...

you're likely being completely overrun in midfield. My recommendation (take it with a grain of salt, I'm at work, away from my FM computer...actually, don't even bother with this yet, I'm not sure about the settings, but I want to save the formation and play around with it.) W-A DLF-S...

Well, if he gets the wage boost and still decides to leave, at least his new club will end up paying him more. I had a "me-gen" .dbc player that finally outgrew me and the club, and he's continued to move up all the way to the EPL, and it seems like he's complaining about wanting to leave his...

I always seem to keep coming back to Scotland, even though breaking Celtic's lock on the SPL is a buzzkill. If you get a team promoted from below the Premier League, and the first time you play Celtic and realize one of their players earns what your entire team earns in a week...you have to play...

and if you download a really deep database, you can even manage the English equivalent of the corner hardware store's team. I mean, really, some of those 11-level databases have some really small clubs. They make for a very long march to the top.

Well, you could quit paying it, but that would likely end as it did for Welsh club Llanelli, which no longer exists in Welsh football. I would imagine if it's a tax on wages and operations, you can't, unless you quit selling tickets and paying your players. Depending on where you're managing...

Is it possible that the other teams around you might have got better as a result of your first year?

The lingering potential of catastrophic failure is the only thing that keeps me interested, nay, obsessed with FM. Using a program to cheat/look under the hood would ruin my enjoyment of such an incredible simulation of sport. Yes, the ball hits the posts wayyy too often, but that's football.

They're all right: Tactics, team cohesion and fluidity, and judicious financial management will win the day - eventually. Once you start flailing around with tactics, the team senses you don't know what you're doing and all start playing for themselves. You need to find/research 2-3 tactics...

yeah, if holiday doesn't work, you can resign, and then add a new manager with the exact same name.

Name - Erik Jan Rasmussen Ethnicity - Northern European Hair Colour - Bald Skin Tone - 4 Place of birth - Fur, Denmark Date of birth (1994-1997 only) - November 1, 1997 Primary Nationality - Denmark Other Nationalities/National Eligibilities - Belgium Club: - (team you play for) Nordvest FC...

If the contract has already lapsed and he's left the club and refuses to talk about a new contract, you might have to wait until he "tests the market". If no one else signs him, and he has an agent, I'm sure they'll get back to you (unless he's near retirement age.)