MANUMAD's box of sweets

Two things:

1) Started a save with BOLOGNA the other day. They are expected to come 15th and have an avoid relegation aim. But there is some talent in the squad and size wise its huge as well so the 525k transfer pot you get can be bolstered to about 2m with sales -enough to make a decent squad. Im in December sitting third two points off Juventus at first who have two matches in hand. I brought in the usual suspects - FEMENIA LOAN, DE SCIGLIO LOAN, M. JOHNSEN (ROSENBORG), S. STRANDBERG, ALMEBACK , ROMARIO (FREE), DISKERUD (FREE) and DRAGE PLUS RADOVANOVIC (DM) LOAN.

But the whole point of this note is to tell you about this AM(L)/ST called PINGA that I got for about 200k. He's 32 but his stats are very good and he has been scoring often and playing his balls out for the team. He's perfect for the BOLOGNAS of FM 2013 and I would expect even better for *** or less leagues.

2) Still using my new "541" OVERLOAD tactics. I dont know how to upload the tactics themselves but they are very easy to make. Go to the tactics creator and with a 442 as a template have a SW (Defend) behind two CBs (Defend) use WINGBACKS (automatic). Then a BWM (Defence), CM (Automatic) and AM (Support) and IF (Attack) directly above them with a COMPLETE FORWARD (Attack) so that the formation ends up 12421. Have it on fluid, and of course overload. Everything else is on default.

But prior to matches input the following shouts: Run at Defence and Hassle. If the ref is not v strict/if the other team is seeing too much of the ball shout get stuck in. If losing/drawing at HT shout push higher up. Ive comfortably beaten teams such as Barca with MONACO in the third season and AC MILAN 3-1 with BOLOGNA in first season with it though its just as likely to result in at least one of your players being red carded. It also results in losses occasionally but matches are entertaining.

It would be interesting if people take the above as a template and try to develop a workable OVERLOAD tactic.
 
MANUMAD said:
Two things:

1) Started a save with BOLOGNA the other day. They are expected to come 15th and have an avoid relegation aim. But there is some talent in the squad and size wise its huge as well so the 525k transfer pot you get can be bolstered to about 2m with sales -enough to make a decent squad. Im in December sitting third two points off Juventus at first who have two matches in hand. I brought in the usual suspects - FEMENIA LOAN, DE SCIGLIO LOAN, M. JOHNSEN (ROSENBORG), S. STRANDBERG, ALMEBACK , ROMARIO (FREE), DISKERUD (FREE) and DRAGE PLUS RADOVANOVIC (DM) LOAN.

But the whole point of this note is to tell you about this AM(L)/ST called PINGA that I got for about 200k. He's 32 but his stats are very good and he has been scoring often and playing his balls out for the team. He's perfect for the BOLOGNAS of FM 2013 and I would expect even better for *** or less leagues.

2) Still using my new "541" OVERLOAD tactics. I dont know how to upload the tactics themselves but they are very easy to make. Go to the tactics creator and with a 442 as a template have a SW (Defend) behind two CBs (Defend) use WINGBACKS (automatic). Then a BWM (Defence), CM (Automatic) and AM (Support) and IF (Attack) directly above them with a COMPLETE FORWARD (Attack) so that the formation ends up 12421. Have it on fluid, and of course overload. Everything else is on default.

But prior to matches input the following shouts: Run at Defence and Hassle. If the ref is not v strict/if the other team is seeing too much of the ball shout get stuck in. If losing/drawing at HT shout push higher up. Ive comfortably beaten teams such as Barca with MONACO in the third season and AC MILAN 3-1 with BOLOGNA in first season with it though its just as likely to result in at least one of your players being red carded. It also results in losses occasionally but matches are entertaining.

It would be interesting if people take the above as a template and try to develop a workable OVERLOAD tactic.
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MANUMAD said:
So you keep telling me. Sorry but Im an idiot. When I go to this page what do I do then? Where do I find the name etc?
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Bologna

Finished the season (well almost - I got the small matter of two cup finals against INTER, who I already beat twice with the same score 3-1 in the league) and came SECOND!

It went to the last match where I was playing against Juventus at home and Napoli (who were the eventual league winners) were playing away to Catania with the TABLE looking like this:

1) Napoli 79 points and a 6 goal better difference than me.
2) Bologna 77 points
3) Juventus 75
4) Inter 73

Unfortunately everybody but Juve won (beat them 2-1 more comfortably than the score implies - with my OVERLOAD tactics mentioned above, opposition instructions left to my tactics coach and tweaked by me: hard/close down/ weaker foot on wbs and the three shouts mentioned above: get stuck in/hassle/run at defence. But I had to really plan matches reading carefully scout reports and tweaking tactics and formations almost every match which I watched on EXTENDED.

So I lost the league by two points after dropping a lot of silly points against teams such as ATALANTA/TORINO in matches I even led by two goals at times) - 11 draws plus only 4 losses (the fewer of any team).

The point of this post is to recommend BOLOGNA as a challenge in a league with a lot of quality. They are predicted to finish 15th, board asked me to avoid relegation I said top ten finish as I thouught the squad was up to it and got around 550k transfer and a reasonable wage budget.

There are a couple of sellable players -NICO PULZETTI is a decent winger and a position that is a weakness but at 1.8 FIORE's bid was too good to turn down (I got PINGA for 200k and DRAGE for 700k including instalments so money was made) plus a couple of others. Squad now looks like this:

GK GURCI (loaned from Roma) good for one year. Was a hero for a season/AGLIARDI (**** basically - thankfully not needed). Got a couple of decent ones returning from loans in second season plus OSPINA on a free.

LB: A. Morleo (also rb/ml/mr) - Good back up. / M. De Sciglio (a god. Also at rb/mlr) I loaned him in loaned in

CB: Nicolo Cherubin (also lb - but not wb) - very competent back up. STRANDBERG (bought 500k ended up in the team of year)/Almeback - bought 250k. Big Italian teams keep offering to co-own him/ Sorensen (co-owned) 3.5 stars and good stats/(ANTONSSON - not bad but old so sold in January as I needed money) / RoGER Carvalho (Brazilian loaned in) Very rarely used but never complained (shocked not to encounter the incessant injury problems I always hitherto encounter in FM 13 actually).

RB: Marco Motta (also lb and mr) (loan from INTER - pretty decent but injury prone)/GARICS (28 yo) was a reservation post XMAS/ Femenia (also mr/lb) I loaned in will buy second season. Brill as always

DM: I Radovanovic (I loaned him in. Was quite good)/Khrin (co-owned) has prospects/ D. Perez (even better than his decent stats. But he's 32 so I need the money so he'll leave soon)/ M. PIAzENZA (loaned in) decent back up/ TAIDER - a bit of a wonderkid. Very dependable/T. GUARENTE (LOANED in - very back up and complaints. But was afraid to send back for fear of injuries).

CM/AM/R/L: Diskerud (free and will be sold on as I never like him and only bring him in to make money) Svensson (350k and awesome)/PINGA 200k for technique/pace/left foot and goals. He's 32 tho)/DRAGE (came in January and was his usual awesome self)/P. Kone (never liked him but he's co-owned and difficult to shift. Same goes for CHRISTODOULOPOULOS)/ ALESSANDRO DIAMANTI (amazing for people who follow the EPL to hear but he's the teams talisman and a great AM/ST. Wants to leave tho and sold him to CSKA Russia for 5m but he'll leave at end of season).

CF: GILARDINO (loaned in) misses the odd sitter but was my best attacker by a mile despite the fact that BOLOGNA also have a couple of young almost wonderkids with great stats and v recommended on loan: Christian Pasquato and Manolo Gabbiadini). STRACQUALURSI/DIEGO PEREZ/DIEGO ROCHA/A SCHALK are all coming on frees second season.
 
BOLOGNA 2

Won the cup 1-0 with a last minute penalty!

Started with my overload tactics and on EXTENDED highlights as always but in the first 25 minutes (the cut off point to see if chosen tactics/formation work methinks) we couldnt get near the ball so I changed to Mr LANGVATN's UNDERDOG BEAST 442 tweaked and with drop deep play narrow wing exploit tactics and suddenly they kept hitting our defensive wall so we gradually took the initiative but could and should have won earlier.

For the second season we got a 32 million (!!!) transfer kitty with a qualify for EUROPA LEAGUE expectation and the following were brought in (having also sold Diamanti for 5 mil and a number of other fringe players for another 3/4 mil - I also deliberately bidded very low for most crappy co-owned players so got rid of them):

GK: Costil (to compliment the free OSPINA mentioned above - though at 10m I made a mistake. Shoulda loaned MANNONE and used money to strengthen other areas)

FB: De Bock/Campos Toro.

CB: KANA BIYIK (13 mil from transfer list)/Sviatchenko (1.9m)

DM: Badu (5m transfer list from UDINE - he's 22 and 4*)

MF: LAMELA (16m from transfer list)

ST: 4 frees mentioned above
 
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Bologna 3

The second season is going swimmingly.

1) Lost the Super Cup to Napoli (2-0). I always seem to lose these as they come too early in the season I think.

2) After starting the season pretty shakily - my OVERLOAD tactics as described above are now officially "one-season" only as its the second save in a row after MONACO that they dont work the second season you use them, and none of the tweaked Mr Langvantn tactics I also use worked ... - so I was forced to take the OVERLOAD tactics and tweak them. Instead of having one CCF and AM (SUPPORT) and an IF(ATTACK) with a BWM (DEFEND) and CM (AUTOMATIC) directly behind them I made both central mfs (BWM and CM) DEFEND and now have two forwards both on ATTACK (one CCF one POEACHER) on ATTACK and one AM (SUPPORT). Shouts remain the same but now I use get stuck in always ... to amazing results:

in late January and currently 1ST, one point from Juve (who have a game in hand) followed by PARMA (!!) 3 points further behind and NAPOLI at 4th 1 point further behind.

3) Still in the cup - next match away to NAPOLI who Ive never beaten!

3) In the second week of December (and as I was very short at rwb) I decided to try my luck and ask for more money and was shocked to get 7million which come January 1st they became 27million (without changing expectations - they are still EURO qualification).

4) I bought a rwb and a dm (two priorities) as well as an am/winger with 16 pace and Paloschi at cf so know I have a very nice looking squad. Ill check and list them soon ...
 
What sort of transfer budgets did you get once you got monaco promoted in your Jan update?

I am thinking about starting a save with them and was trying to figure out how much of a challenge it will be to manage them
 
mgs88 said:
What sort of transfer budgets did you get once you got monaco promoted in your Jan update?

I am thinking about starting a save with them and was trying to figure out how much of a challenge it will be to manage them
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1) Only challenge (and its a considerable one) which I encountered in both my saves with them is getting a very talented squad bolstered up to make it better and getting them to play as a team. Both saves I promoted them by the skin of my teeth despite having a much better squad than almost any team in France!!!!

2) Second season budget was around 25m but winning both the cups and thus having to participate in the EURO may have been a factor.
 
Some recommended players:

Ivan Perisic - AM (C) (L). Youngster plays at WOLFSBURG. Quality. Improves.
Sorensen - CB Bologna. Surprisingly good and improves. Also rb.
Fabbrini - Pacy talented winger AM/C/L/R. 22 yo if memory serves.
Kryschowiak (sp) - Polish DM. Very effective. Not v expensive (but not cheap either).
Badu - Young DM plays at Udinese.
Fagner - rb/rwb - Plays at WOLFSBURG. Quite young.
 
Grievances/Ideas for FM 2014

1) Be able to change kits every year. Nothing drastic. Have the basic colours of a team but be able to play around with them a bit
2) Be able to negotiate sponsorships (tshirts etc).
3) Ever since I ve been playing FM the most annoying thing is players complaining they are not playing when they are! I want the game to factor playing time as well and not only starting matches. Im annoyed having players who actually play a lot of minutes complain that they dont simply cos they are not starting matches. Ok, have some top players complain for not starting matches but PLEASE factor in overall playing time.
4) Better media/player interrelation with you. Have more varied options of what to say, comment etc and new stuff coming up into conversations the deeper you get in a save.
5) Fewer injuries during matches would be realistic.
6) Better handling of the calendar from the game: depending on the league I even had to play matches on consecutive days, or on consecutive days then another a day later and another a day later. This would never happen in real life. Apart from everything else overachieving with small squads is rendered well nigh impossible.
 
In my Bologna save I recently got a message that so and so's contract is about to expire, the so and so being a "media pundit". I tried to renew it but wasnt allowed. Tried to find other media pundits in the game out of curiosity but couldnt.

Anybody ever had a similar experience?
 
Small teams celebrate finishing fourth.

Big teams feel disappointed for "only" winning the EPL.
 
Pre-season, A Guide PART 1

[h=3]Introduction[/h]The first day at your new club is perhaps the most important day of your career (and every first day of a new pre-season is the most important day of that season).

There are a number of things that you absolutely MUST do if you dont want to have various problems later on. Most people find them boring as it delays the real action (buying and selling players and playing matches) for quite some time (takes me between half an hour and 1 hour).

Dont worry, if you do them once they become second nature and, I dare say it, enjoyable.

It would be helpful if you arm yourself with a couple of A4 size pieces of paper and a pen ...

[h=3]Game start Date [/h]
Aim to have as long a pre- season as possible. When choosing leagues bear in mind their start dates. To show you what I mean by an example in a save I started with GENK yesterday, Belgium game start date is July but I chose game to start in a different country so as to have it start in June and have an extra month of preparation.

Before the start of every new season you will get a message asking when you want pre-season to start. Choose early but also look for balance (give your players a reasonable holiday!).
 
Pre - season, A guide PART 2

[h=3]Note for new managers - get to know your club[/h]
1. Look at squads: decide who are your best players for every position, who are the up and coming youngsters and the players you dont need. Look in reserve and other squads carefully as there usually are good players hidden there who for whatever reason are (wrongly transfer listed). A good tip is to categorise players by value (press the relevant button in the squad screen) as value is a good starting indicator as to ability. Take one of the A4 papers and carefully space out every position of your tactic (using dots on it). Then put the players you will be keeping in the position you will be playing them hierarchically - eg in a club where Strandberg/Andia/Milosevic/Okore are your cbs decide the two pairs (Strandberg/Milosevic and Okore/Andia) and put them there.

2. Look to have two players per position plus an extra player apart from GKs where two are enough.

3. If you list the players you will be using from the existing squad on the A4 paper as above you will have a very concrete indication of what you need to buy - this will avoid mindless adrenaling rushes of buying for the sake of buying.

4. Team cohesion is important and very difficult to establish. If you bring in more than 4/5 players every summer and 2/3 January then prepare for performances not to reflect squad strength for a pretty long time.
As a new manager you need to use the preseason to get acquainted with your new club, in addition to building up your players fitness levels. When managing a new club you need to analyse the squads strengths and weaknesses, set up a familiar tactic, and schedule training to aid player development.

Arrange Friendlies

Dont let the assistant do it! Do it yourself. If you are a poor team try to arrange friendlies away against better opponents but dont overdo it. Start with "easy" teams to build up morale and have the better teams in the middle of your schedule. Always arrange the last friendly against a team you know you ll whup the *** off again for morale. Arrange as many friendlies as possible (max 4 days between each).

By playing matches the players will both improve their knowledge of your tactics and their individual match fitness. The individual players match fitness will also be improved by assigning players to heavy physical training.

By arranging multiple friendly matches, you increase your players "comfort" with your tactics quicker AND give them match fitness which affects their performances. Rotate your players. But rotate cleverly - dont rotate both first choice cbs rotate only one, dont put a newbie gk behind two cbs that are new to club/young/not first choice etc ... (this is also my advice about rotating in season btw).


General Training and Match Training
Dont forget to schedule training on the first day!

My advice of what to schedule is:

a. General training: Fitness. Very Heavy. Two weeks AND Match training: tactics.
b. GT: Tactics. Very heavy (till about 2 weeks before 1st league match OR tactical familiarity bars 80% whichever comes first) AND MT: Team Cohesion.
c. GT: Team Cohesion (till first season match at least - if many players brought in two extra weeks) MT: Tactics (to top up familiarity bars).

Then look at the staff - do it from the training page and see who is below par. Give them mutual termination (doing it first day means they' ll leave for less). Then go to staff screen and clear the deadwood looking at that. Make a note on your other piece of paper what training categories you need staff for and how many. Go to transfer centre and start looking. Make note of who you offer jobs to in order to avoid getting more experts for a category than what you need. Aim to have coaches with as many stars as you can and the indication of light workload. Once I get the best I can, if have a free coaching position I search for somebody with 20 or near motivating, bring him in and have him train EVERY category. Dunno if it works but seems reasonable.

Once you complete your squad you then assign individual tactics. Ive checked this with RAIKAN and he does it too: have all players individually training their position for the season (unless somebody has a very low attribute for his position which sticks out where you will assign particular attribute). Following seasons you can look at individual attributes. Look also at what PPMs you want to teach/unteach and schedule them as well.

Once season starts you should aim to gradually set the intensity to average/low and once you are done with tactics/cohesion you should assign something else as GT. Most people have it on Balanced. I disagree. I usually do ball control and attacking interchangeably (cos I like the attributes they deal with eg possession) but I also look at opponents and how Im doing (I will occasionally train balanced or defence for example). MT should be opponent - orientated. An example that brings the two together: Im Bologna and scheduled to play Bayern in the second round (knock out) CL who are much stronger. If I have first match away Ill train GT Defence and MT Attacking set pieces cos I want to grab an away goal. If I then win or get a score draw for the return leg I train Defence and Defence Set pieces.

The slider should be less match training - 1 day match training. With rest after match only.

More soon ...



 
Pre Season, A guide PART 3

Set the Tactics
The orthodox way to do it is to look at your players and use a tactic to suit them (eg no wingers in the team? dont set a 442). Thats all fine and dandy but thats not what I do. I have a couple of tactics that I know they work and always set them and have a third to play with). Be varied - I often see people who have 442 defend 442 attack and 442 counter to use depending on opponent. That to my mind is wrong. You should have the a similar tactical/team instruction basis running through all three as much as possible but the formations should be different. A wider one (ie a 451), a narrower (ie a 41212) and one with 3 cbs. You could achieve this by having wingbacks instead of fbs in the first two. This will come in handy when you read the scout reports of opponents and particularly the tactics faced part and you notice that a particular opponent doesnt like a narrow formation. It may be a different narrow formation from the one your players know but believe me it works almost equally well.
Note: have the board set expectations of attacking football. Use at least one tactic aimed at that.


Setting up scouting network/look for Transfer targets
1. Import any shortlists into the game.
2. Have a look at the transfer/loan market.A
3. If you are in an alien league eg Uruguay look at each team of similar/lower level from the league table page. Press the value tab as its a good starting indicator and if you like what you see scout player and take it from there. Do the same with analogous reputation leagues (eg Chile).f
4. Assign scouts to find transfer targets - but always relative to where you are and what you need. Eg it would be pointless at Penarol to scout European leagues as nobody of note would deign to join you.
5. Dont suffer from the "PAEDERAST" (ahem) obsession that all FMers apparently do! IE dont always look only for youth! Look for players who will win you money/trophies/reputation asap. As always balance is the name of the game. Any transfers in pre-season are done by the scouts recommendation or if I need to move quickly to attract a specific player. (For example if a good player or a wonderkid has a affordable transfer clause).

Now you are set for "life"!!!!!!
 
Very Informative Site/Blog - Awesome tactic

Barcelona Tiki-Taka 4-3-2-1 | Football Manager Tactic | Passion for Football Manager 2013

Started using this tactic with WOLFSBURG yesterday (from midseason) and it works a treat. Holidayed most matches and still beat Dortmund and Bayern) and when I didnt I did not use OI and relatively rarely used the shouts he advises as I wanted to see how it works. Will start introducing these in my second season friendlies.

I dunno who the guy is but A BIG SHOUT to him.

PS: Ive also been using his staff filters which (though they tend to produce some ridiculous results) are VERY HELPFUL if you also apply some thought to who you choose.
 
this guy is Passion4FM , he has putted this tactic here also.
 
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