Biggest Regrets Thread

[Iamahuman]

What are your biggest regrets on football manager.
Not signing a certain player?
Not using a certain tactic?

For me, I regret signing Moussa Dembele, was hoping for an all action, goal scoring, striker. I probably should've looked at his goal scoring history before signing him for 14 million!

 

[ajt09]

Letting go of Neville and Arteta. Felt...hollow inside. Just felt bad for everything they've done for the club.
And the team imploded.

 

[BD948]

Signing Andy Carroll on deadline day with QPR at end of first season in EPL....He couldn't hit a bull's * with a shovel!! Ended up with only one decent striker that season(all the rest were ****). He scored 8 goals in 35 PL games!! My wingers and midfielders did all my scoring! I now cant even sell him for half the price I paid!

 

[Solopop]

Rejecting Real Madrid and the getting sacked at A.C. Milan and only getting West Brom. :/

 

[Jamie F]

Trying to beat A promoted Reading with Port Vale in the FA Cup, getting slaughtered and going from leading the league to finishing 1 point outside the playoffs. Was horrible and I couldn't stop the slump

 

[GodCubed]

In my current file, probably not paying enough attention to Phil Jones' development. He ended up terrible - really, really bad, Burnley reserves bad - and I had a leaky defence for 2 seasons after that.

 

[Joneesy]

Trying to beat A promoted Reading with Port Vale in the FA Cup, getting slaughtered and going from leading the league to finishing 1 point outside the playoffs. Was horrible and I couldn't stop the slump

should never try and beat reading..

 

[Lol_101]

rejecting a 30m bid offer from Man City for one of my best LB's ever (btw, he's a regen)

pretty good tbh, and his postion is basically untouched untill i rotate players, or if injuries happen

 

[Jamie F]

should never try and beat reading..

Went 1-0 up against the run of play so went contain from there. Couldn't hold on, once they got the first the floodgates opened :/

 

[Jamo23]

Declining to sign this regen forward for £6million, despite the scout reports I couldn't see how he could become a great player. 5 years later, he's 23 and the best in the world

 

[I7IDanny]

Having to let C. Ronaldo go to Liverpool for £40.5m. 6 months after rejecting a £58m offer from them in January.

 

[Latics.]

Signing Antonio Cassano for £35M

 

[willow1293]

deleting a save I had where I was not only doing well and enjoying it ( deleted it by accident because I'm a massive idiot ) but also a few clubs had tycoon takeovers and I was going to try and take them to the top

 

[Alcaraz]

Signing Maro Balotelli for 30m only for him to totally ruin my squad harmony and play like ****

 

[Harris17]

Buying a 18 year-old regen for 24 million, who a week later says he wants to leave the club due to the number of rivals for his position...

 

[Iamahuman]

Buying a 18 year-old regen for 24 million, who a week later says he wants to leave the club due to the number of rivals for his position...

Is this even possible, haha!

 

[Deltablue]

Leaving a few clubs, partly because things haven't gone too well at a new place, but now I'm more consistent, its often due to having an incredible attachment with a side. My most recent Ipswich side being a most recent example, to the point I changed my mind on leaving a couple of seasons previously, even though we were stuck in 'there or thereabouts' territory, with a worsening financial situation, very strong competition, and players started to get old, but they would still be mine for a few years, and I could always have a go. I think going for signing youth after winning the league (which admitedly I needed to do), at the expense of any developed reinforcements didn't work out either.

 

[andywilmot]

my biggest one and i always do it, not signing a player cause the club are askin far to much transfer fee... couple years later he is bossing the league, comes back to haunt you by scoring the winner against you.

 

[Fish Hunter]

I regret moving from Arsenal to Barcelona! I quit my game after that move. Managed to make Arsenal the best team ever, but then Barcelona asked me if I wanted to join them. I saw that they granted me a 238£ transfer budget, what I didn't notice was that they hadn't signed many new players and most of their signings was bad and the veterans CA had declined massively. Bought Pato for 71.5£ million and Manuel Neuer for 36£ million and then I realised this sucked and I decided to quit. I almost had to replace an entire team!

 

[mkw101]

Resigning as Arsenal manager, being rejected for England job, rejected for Brighton manager, then taking over a terrible Huddersfield at the bottom of the league and getting constant abuse from the new chairman who wants Jewell. I've won the ****** champions league 3 times.