As there isn't a guide for Everton yet, I have decided to create this. Which is now my second attempt due to technical mishaps-not my fault. So hopefully it will come out better this time around. This is an open thread for help, suggestions, ideas-anything to do with Everton FC in FM 2013, including regens and anything to do with the transfer market. If it's helpful put it here. Thankyou.
Team Name:
Everton Football Club (formally Saint Domingo's FC)
Formed:
1878 (became Everton Football Club in 1879)
Stadium:
Goodison Park
Nickname:
The Toffee's (Peoples Club sonsidered semi-nickname)
Fierce Rivalries:
Liverpool Football Club (though recently considered more respectful)
Other Rivalries:
Manchester United, Tranmere Rovers, Manchester City
Honours
Domestic
First Division
Champions: 1890-91, 1914-1915, 1927-28, 1931-32, 1938-39, 1962-63, 1969-70, 1984-85, 1986-87
Runners-up: 1889-90, 1894-95, 1901-02, 1904-05, 1908-09, 1911-12, 1985-86
Second Division
Champions: 1930-31
Runners-up: 1953-54
FA Cup
Winners: 1906, 1933, 1966, 1984, 1995
Runners-up: 1893, 1897, 1907, 1968, 1985, 1986, 1989, 2009
Football League Cup
Runners-up: 1977, 1984
FA Charity Shield
Winners: 1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986 (shared), 1987, 1995
Runners-up: 1933, 1966
Full Members Cup
Runners-up: 1989, 1991
Super Cup
Runner-up: 1985–86
FA Youth Cup
Winners: 1965, 1984, 1998
Runners-up: 1961, 1977, 1983, 2002
European
European Cup Winners' Cup: 1985
Players: Brian Labone, Dixie Dean, , Graeme Sharp, Duncan Ferguson, Kevin Campbell, Kevin Ratcliffe, Neville Southall, Peter Reid, Tim Cahill, Bob Latchford, Dave Watson, Leighton Baines, Alan Ball
Managers:
Howard Kendall, Joe Royle, David Moyes, Harry Catterick
Facilities and general information: Top training and youth facilities, perfect grass pitch with undersoil heating, basic corporate facilities, poor stadium condition.
Stadium Capacity: 39571 all-seater
Other Info: Average junior coaching, above average youth recruitment
As in real life, the financial situation is poor. The balance is round about £6.5 million but the loan debt is £152 million. When you start out, you will have a transfer budget of £1.5 million, and a wage budget of just over £36k available. The season expectation is to finish top half-you can change if you wish to get more income. However be warned. Not only will you put more pressure on yourself and have more to risk, but also the increase in funds in very, very small so to be honest I'd stick to the top half finish. The players will be more than able to do the job for you. You will also be expected to develop your youth players so be prepared to use them in a few games. Especially Ross Barkley-he has very high potential. Don't let him be wasted on the bench or reserve matches.
The first team squad is strong, and would only require 2 or 3 additions in my opinion. Due to the financial restrictions it would be best to look for either free transfers or loan signings. However, with only just over £36k available for wages, I'd recommend transferring money from the transfer kitty into the wages to ensure stability and also have some leeway while trying to bring in free transfers, as there are some very good players available out there, but they may command quite high wages. Though of course, if you really wanted to you could sell the best players. When you start out, you soon get bids for Leighton Baines from Man Utd (usually £20 million-but in 48 month installments), Heitinga attracts the attention of AC Milan and Fellaini attracts Athletico Madrid. You can either sell or keep them but be warned. As soon as you reject bid the agents come along demanding improved player contracts. I came across Leighton Baines agent wanting a wage for his player of £65,000 so be wary.
There are also a few coaching/scouting changes you may wish to bring in aswell. Have a look through the staff, and decide what you want to change. There are improvements to the scouting team I would recommend aswell. I'd recommend keeping Steve Round as assistant manager aswell as he has good attributes. I'd recommend having a look at Joe Jordan as a coaching addition. He's without a club and has excellent man management, mental and motivational attributes. Though I'd look at replacing Steve Tashjian as fitness coach as his wage clearly does not reflect his ability as fitness coach. In my opinion anyway-I have certain standards when I pick my coaching staff/scouts.
As I previously mentioned, because of the dire financial state, you will probably have to rely on free transfers or loans. Or you could sell your players. Such as the aforementioned Heitinga, Baines or Fellaini. But bear in mind-it's unclear just how much of that money you will be able to invest for future transfers due to the debt situation. However, when you first start you will see that Manchester United's Anderson is available for transfer and for loan so worth taking a punt there. Also available for loan is ACF Fiorentina's right back Mattia Cassani, who is in their reserve squad and also listed for transfer or loan. You can get Cassani for £130k loan fee, and pay 50% of his wages which would be £14750 before tax. Anderson would cost £50k loan fee, £15000 wages. However, you'd have to fight off other clubs such as Newcastle United to get him and it's not always a guarantee you'll get him. You may wish to consider downloading a player shortlist for an easier scan for players who are available on frees-there are gems available.
The formations most suited to the players you have at your disposal are either 4-4-1-1, or a 4-5-1 formation. Either would be perfect for the team. However you may have your own ideas so you may chose to start from scratch. If so, you'll need to think carefully about who you chose to sell and bring in. Personally I prefer the 4-5-1 as each player fits in perfectly. 4-4-1-1 is effective aswell-especially with Pienaar behind Jelavic, but players like Mirallas aren't as effective. He is much better pushed further up than normal right midfield position-but you can tell this by the shade of green of course. It's pretty much up to you to experiment with and try for yourself.
I don't use a target man, nor do I use a playmaker. The players have the creativity and mindset to decide for themselves who to pass to and to see who's open so in my opinion it's not necessary. I normally don't always use marking of opposition players. However, that's what I did in lower league management and this is my first proper management attempt of a Premier League club so it may be subject to change though I'd prefer that to not be the case. I'd rather have players be able to have the freedom to do as they see best. However, I will update the tactical side as I go alone. If you have any better suggestions/ideas, please feel free to add them to the thread. I shall be updating on a regular basis to give people an idea of how it's going. I also encourage more expressive creativity, allow the players to roam and have a balanced style, combined with standard strategy.
The passing I use is shorter, I press more and have more cautious tackling as the refs have been douchebags lately. The tempo is a little bit under normal, the crosses will be floated in and I use man marking aswell. The defensive line shall be normal and the passing mixed. However this too shall be subject to change, as no match has the same weather conditions. Gusty days can pretty much ruin crossing so always analyze the weather forecasts thoroughly-aswell as the opposition team reports.
So there we go. If I think of anything else to add that I think I may have missed, I will add to it and feel free to add to the thread that will help others out-may even help myself out. And I shall post how much success I am having with the tactics and so forth-and like I mentioned, post yours if they are successful. Every bit of feedback or advice will always help someone out who is struggling.
Thanks
*due to my laptop shutting down, and myself not saving the game I will have to start from scratch again. However I shall be sticking to the mentioned formations/strategies mentioned and post wether or not they are successful.
Team Name:
Everton Football Club (formally Saint Domingo's FC)
Formed:
1878 (became Everton Football Club in 1879)
Stadium:
Goodison Park
Nickname:
The Toffee's (Peoples Club sonsidered semi-nickname)
Fierce Rivalries:
Liverpool Football Club (though recently considered more respectful)
Other Rivalries:
Manchester United, Tranmere Rovers, Manchester City
Honours
Domestic
First Division
Champions: 1890-91, 1914-1915, 1927-28, 1931-32, 1938-39, 1962-63, 1969-70, 1984-85, 1986-87
Runners-up: 1889-90, 1894-95, 1901-02, 1904-05, 1908-09, 1911-12, 1985-86
Second Division
Champions: 1930-31
Runners-up: 1953-54
FA Cup
Winners: 1906, 1933, 1966, 1984, 1995
Runners-up: 1893, 1897, 1907, 1968, 1985, 1986, 1989, 2009
Football League Cup
Runners-up: 1977, 1984
FA Charity Shield
Winners: 1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986 (shared), 1987, 1995
Runners-up: 1933, 1966
Full Members Cup
Runners-up: 1989, 1991
Super Cup
Runner-up: 1985–86
FA Youth Cup
Winners: 1965, 1984, 1998
Runners-up: 1961, 1977, 1983, 2002
European
European Cup Winners' Cup: 1985
People of Note
Players: Brian Labone, Dixie Dean, , Graeme Sharp, Duncan Ferguson, Kevin Campbell, Kevin Ratcliffe, Neville Southall, Peter Reid, Tim Cahill, Bob Latchford, Dave Watson, Leighton Baines, Alan Ball
Managers:
Howard Kendall, Joe Royle, David Moyes, Harry Catterick
Facilities and general information: Top training and youth facilities, perfect grass pitch with undersoil heating, basic corporate facilities, poor stadium condition.
Stadium Capacity: 39571 all-seater
Other Info: Average junior coaching, above average youth recruitment
Finances
As in real life, the financial situation is poor. The balance is round about £6.5 million but the loan debt is £152 million. When you start out, you will have a transfer budget of £1.5 million, and a wage budget of just over £36k available. The season expectation is to finish top half-you can change if you wish to get more income. However be warned. Not only will you put more pressure on yourself and have more to risk, but also the increase in funds in very, very small so to be honest I'd stick to the top half finish. The players will be more than able to do the job for you. You will also be expected to develop your youth players so be prepared to use them in a few games. Especially Ross Barkley-he has very high potential. Don't let him be wasted on the bench or reserve matches.
Squad
Goalkeepers
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Tim Howard
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Jan Mucha
Defenders
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Leighton Baines
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Bryan Oviedo
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Sylvain Distin
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John Heitinga
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Shane Duffy
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Phil Jagielka
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Phil Neville
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Tony Hibbert
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Seamus Coleman
Midfielders
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Marouane Fellaini
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Darron Gibson
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Steven Pienaar
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Kevin Mirallas
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Leon Osman
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Magaye Gueye
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Steven Naismith
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Ross Barkley
Strikers
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Apostolos Vellios
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Victor Anichebe
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Nikica Jelavic
It is also worth remembering that Gueye, Mirallas, and Naismith can also be employed as strikers so if your main striker is injured you have immediate backup-it is great to have such flexibility and you will find extremely useful. Also Anichebe can be employed as an attacking midfielder on the right hand side. And Leighton Baines can be employed on left midfield as a secondary role aswell. Again this could be useful if Pienaar is injured and you don't have suitable replacement. However, this can be risky as the LB position will be much weaker.Goalkeepers
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Tim Howard
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Jan Mucha
Defenders
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Leighton Baines
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Bryan Oviedo
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Sylvain Distin
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John Heitinga
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Shane Duffy
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Phil Jagielka
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Phil Neville
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Tony Hibbert
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Seamus Coleman
Midfielders
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Marouane Fellaini
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Darron Gibson
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Steven Pienaar
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Kevin Mirallas
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Leon Osman
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Magaye Gueye
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Steven Naismith
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Ross Barkley
Strikers
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Apostolos Vellios
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Victor Anichebe
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Nikica Jelavic
The first team squad is strong, and would only require 2 or 3 additions in my opinion. Due to the financial restrictions it would be best to look for either free transfers or loan signings. However, with only just over £36k available for wages, I'd recommend transferring money from the transfer kitty into the wages to ensure stability and also have some leeway while trying to bring in free transfers, as there are some very good players available out there, but they may command quite high wages. Though of course, if you really wanted to you could sell the best players. When you start out, you soon get bids for Leighton Baines from Man Utd (usually £20 million-but in 48 month installments), Heitinga attracts the attention of AC Milan and Fellaini attracts Athletico Madrid. You can either sell or keep them but be warned. As soon as you reject bid the agents come along demanding improved player contracts. I came across Leighton Baines agent wanting a wage for his player of £65,000 so be wary.
There are also a few coaching/scouting changes you may wish to bring in aswell. Have a look through the staff, and decide what you want to change. There are improvements to the scouting team I would recommend aswell. I'd recommend keeping Steve Round as assistant manager aswell as he has good attributes. I'd recommend having a look at Joe Jordan as a coaching addition. He's without a club and has excellent man management, mental and motivational attributes. Though I'd look at replacing Steve Tashjian as fitness coach as his wage clearly does not reflect his ability as fitness coach. In my opinion anyway-I have certain standards when I pick my coaching staff/scouts.
Potential Transfers
As I previously mentioned, because of the dire financial state, you will probably have to rely on free transfers or loans. Or you could sell your players. Such as the aforementioned Heitinga, Baines or Fellaini. But bear in mind-it's unclear just how much of that money you will be able to invest for future transfers due to the debt situation. However, when you first start you will see that Manchester United's Anderson is available for transfer and for loan so worth taking a punt there. Also available for loan is ACF Fiorentina's right back Mattia Cassani, who is in their reserve squad and also listed for transfer or loan. You can get Cassani for £130k loan fee, and pay 50% of his wages which would be £14750 before tax. Anderson would cost £50k loan fee, £15000 wages. However, you'd have to fight off other clubs such as Newcastle United to get him and it's not always a guarantee you'll get him. You may wish to consider downloading a player shortlist for an easier scan for players who are available on frees-there are gems available.
Tactics
The formations most suited to the players you have at your disposal are either 4-4-1-1, or a 4-5-1 formation. Either would be perfect for the team. However you may have your own ideas so you may chose to start from scratch. If so, you'll need to think carefully about who you chose to sell and bring in. Personally I prefer the 4-5-1 as each player fits in perfectly. 4-4-1-1 is effective aswell-especially with Pienaar behind Jelavic, but players like Mirallas aren't as effective. He is much better pushed further up than normal right midfield position-but you can tell this by the shade of green of course. It's pretty much up to you to experiment with and try for yourself.
I don't use a target man, nor do I use a playmaker. The players have the creativity and mindset to decide for themselves who to pass to and to see who's open so in my opinion it's not necessary. I normally don't always use marking of opposition players. However, that's what I did in lower league management and this is my first proper management attempt of a Premier League club so it may be subject to change though I'd prefer that to not be the case. I'd rather have players be able to have the freedom to do as they see best. However, I will update the tactical side as I go alone. If you have any better suggestions/ideas, please feel free to add them to the thread. I shall be updating on a regular basis to give people an idea of how it's going. I also encourage more expressive creativity, allow the players to roam and have a balanced style, combined with standard strategy.
The passing I use is shorter, I press more and have more cautious tackling as the refs have been douchebags lately. The tempo is a little bit under normal, the crosses will be floated in and I use man marking aswell. The defensive line shall be normal and the passing mixed. However this too shall be subject to change, as no match has the same weather conditions. Gusty days can pretty much ruin crossing so always analyze the weather forecasts thoroughly-aswell as the opposition team reports.
So there we go. If I think of anything else to add that I think I may have missed, I will add to it and feel free to add to the thread that will help others out-may even help myself out. And I shall post how much success I am having with the tactics and so forth-and like I mentioned, post yours if they are successful. Every bit of feedback or advice will always help someone out who is struggling.
Thanks
*due to my laptop shutting down, and myself not saving the game I will have to start from scratch again. However I shall be sticking to the mentioned formations/strategies mentioned and post wether or not they are successful.
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