MANUMAD'S BOX OF TREATS
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I was on the verge of buying him at the beginning of 2020-2021 season. He still has some very good stats but his goal scoring record has been below par for Watford. I think it was Valencia ended up snapping him up.
Guido seems like a good dude. Think he was recently on the Deep Lying Playmaker podcast I listen to.
Tactic sounds solid. I like that you tweak and adjust. I think a lot of people forget about that - they want to plug n play and never have to adjust anything to the opponent, situation, etc. That's just not how FM really works anymore. Things are indeed going well with Everton. Nice work.
With the right players, Complete Wing Backs can be phenomenal. They are basically a full on attacking outlet. Might be something I need to experiment with in my current tactic.
For a few FMs, I stopped worrying about playing "pretty" and was really just more concerned with effective. Not even sure why. On FM16, a poster on SI introduced me to the idea of playing Very Fluid and I'm kinda hooked on that. With reasonably talented (for the level) players, it can create some amazing sequences. I really want to try it at some point with a big club that's already full of world class players as I think that would be great to watch. Unfortunately, managing that level of a club just doesn't' appeal at the moment. Fitness is definitely an issue with the high press approach as well.
A Ukrainian wife? Nice! My dad's side of the family is from the Ukraine originally, though they jumped the pond about a century ago. Sadly, I've never visited. Only been to England briefly and that's where the mom's side is from. Would be worth trying to go across to Krasnodar again if you guys go back just to see the new stadium. That video screen....
I know what you mean about the rules in Russia. They are rather restrictive. Yet it doesn't bother me. Its odd - restrictive rules annoy me endlessly in one league, but similar (or worse) rules don't bother me in another league. Or they are actually part of the appeal. In Russia, you sort of have freedom in that foreign players can be from anywhere. But the Russian player requirements mean you NEED quality Russian players and you NEED to develop what youngsters you have. Work permits and restricted areas of buying annoy me in the UK, but this aspect of Russia appeals. Its odd. I've just always been fascinated with eastern Europe, and Russia in particular.
Figured out what was going on with the Lokomotiv reserve schedule. Its a bug. Found a way to fix it in the editor but it means starting a new save. More likely to do that than go much further with Krasndoar. I would be giving some German clubs a try if it was for that bug.
Finished my Everton second season. Won the EFL and finished 2nd to Man Utd by one point. Pure idiocy on my part as I lost at home to WBA having equalised 5 minutes from end at 1-1 I went overload trying to win and conceded in the last minute. I had marginally better GD so a draw would have been enuff!
Sold Peruzzi for 20 mil and Promes for 40 (to PSG) but Im only seeing 30% of transfer money. Also sold Garbutt (to wolves I think) for 11 million. Brought Fosu-Mensah on loan to take Garbutt's place (will buy him as soon as I have the money), Kenny Tete to take Peruzzi's place and Im trying to buy Andrija Zivkovic and/or Lautaro Martinez. Most if not all of these players were far from my first choices but I have a limited budget.
Any new CF who comes will be retrained as SS (been retraining Lozano and Deulofeu as well).
Bigpapa I don't care about playing pretty. Never have. My priority is always trophies. If I win by playing nicely that's a nice by product.
Sold Peruzzi for 20 mil and Promes for 40 (to PSG) but Im only seeing 30% of transfer money. Also sold Garbutt (to wolves I think) for 11 million. Brought Fosu-Mensah on loan to take Garbutt's place (will buy him as soon as I have the money), Kenny Tete to take Peruzzi's place and Im trying to buy Andrija Zivkovic and/or Lautaro Martinez. Most if not all of these players were far from my first choices but I have a limited budget.
Any new CF who comes will be retrained as SS (been retraining Lozano and Deulofeu as well).
Bigpapa I don't care about playing pretty. Never have. My priority is always trophies. If I win by playing nicely that's a nice by product.
Look at Wahlqvist, Nedelceanu and, if they come Lautaro Martinez and Maximiliano Romero
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We can only hope the families get some of the insurance money unlike the way the families were treated by United.
Great thread btw
Question time! Again seeking player recommendations....
So doing another Lokomotiv Moscow save. Since it looks they have sold 32 year old right winger Alexandr Samedov to Spartak for 5m. so I've done a quick data update to move the player and give Loko a bit more money to spend (not the full 5m). Now, I'm not desperate for a replacement, because I have 2 solid (for Russia) wingers who can play on the right wing and I can retrain Miranchuk for that spot easily enough. I'm eying up Nemanja Mihajlovic of Partizan who is almost ideal and can play both wings, but he's wanted by some bigger clubs so I might not be able to get.
What I need is a right winger. I play him at MR but AMR can be retrained easily enough. Even an AMC could if they fit the bill well enough. Prefer a younger player with some potential to get better, but a veteran player could be a short term solution, certainly. Prefer a well rounded player, with some level of defensive skill and a bit of creativity rather than a pure attacking winger who is all pace and dribbling. I want to build a side with a lot of workrate, determination, and reasonable aggression. Given that its Russsia, a lot of players from western Europe won't come, especially if they have a higher reputation. Eastern Europe, South America (higher rep won't come), Africa, Asia, etc, are the best bets. I have about 4.5m Euros to spend so I'd prefer a player in the 3-4m range at most.
So suggestions?
So doing another Lokomotiv Moscow save. Since it looks they have sold 32 year old right winger Alexandr Samedov to Spartak for 5m. so I've done a quick data update to move the player and give Loko a bit more money to spend (not the full 5m). Now, I'm not desperate for a replacement, because I have 2 solid (for Russia) wingers who can play on the right wing and I can retrain Miranchuk for that spot easily enough. I'm eying up Nemanja Mihajlovic of Partizan who is almost ideal and can play both wings, but he's wanted by some bigger clubs so I might not be able to get.
What I need is a right winger. I play him at MR but AMR can be retrained easily enough. Even an AMC could if they fit the bill well enough. Prefer a younger player with some potential to get better, but a veteran player could be a short term solution, certainly. Prefer a well rounded player, with some level of defensive skill and a bit of creativity rather than a pure attacking winger who is all pace and dribbling. I want to build a side with a lot of workrate, determination, and reasonable aggression. Given that its Russsia, a lot of players from western Europe won't come, especially if they have a higher reputation. Eastern Europe, South America (higher rep won't come), Africa, Asia, etc, are the best bets. I have about 4.5m Euros to spend so I'd prefer a player in the 3-4m range at most.
So suggestions?
It doesn't want to let me edit. Was just gonna add that Samedov is pretty much the prototype for the kind of right winger I would like. Just two problems. One is that he doesn't have a great personality to mentor. Its not bad, just normal. Second is that given his age, his pace declines quite rapidly and he is often below 10 before the season is up, meaning he almost needs to move inside.
Yeah, I know its kinda restrictive. Sucks but its the nature of a save in Russia, I find. Much appreciated for the suggestions list. Look forward to taking a peak when I have the game open. And honestly, a "mediocre, good enough" player might be ideal as they won't cost a ton and demand huge wages (hopefully) and I can look to upgrade not too far down the road.
Tashayev is who I'd love to sign, even though he's naturally a left winger and he's not quite rounded enough yet. Russian and has potential. Dinamo just want too much for him off the start.
Tashayev is who I'd love to sign, even though he's naturally a left winger and he's not quite rounded enough yet. Russian and has potential. Dinamo just want too much for him off the start.
Hi guys
as a long term Inter fan I wanna manage there but after playing first time for fun mainly to test stuff etc most of which was hit and miss, so this time I wanna prepare myself, I know that Inters team ingame have pretty decent squad amazing Icardi good wings, good midfield, solid fullbacks and fairly decent CBs so a tactic around 433 or 4231 should fit in there, in my first play-through I've tested mainly 442/4411 as im also a fan of Simeone's Atletico style, but as I said above it was a bit hit and miss, got to the point where I'd like your opinion
How do you counter the team that's countering you?
Lets say im playing Juventus and Roma away, using a possession based wide 433 with full backs overlapping
Juve often plays 4312 when they need goals they switch to 433 narrow or 4312 offensive, and thats whey they often pushed me back and score goals
so I'm guessing the key to beat them would be exploiting the wide areas having IFs draging their fullbacks to the middle while our fullbacks overlap them? and I never know if the enemy plays narrow, should I set my team to play norrow and exploit the wings or play wide and also if they have a dangerous front 2+1AM or 3 STs should I sit deep or have a higher line with offsides...
Roma on the other hand plays a possesion based wide 433 kind of like a tiki taka style with fast and creative wings and when they need to score they switch to offensive 4240 which is also when its really hard to counter them, because when I sit back they would just overrun me and eventually score, if i go offensive they would play long ball to front 4 and outplay me....
any advice guys?
thanks!
as a long term Inter fan I wanna manage there but after playing first time for fun mainly to test stuff etc most of which was hit and miss, so this time I wanna prepare myself, I know that Inters team ingame have pretty decent squad amazing Icardi good wings, good midfield, solid fullbacks and fairly decent CBs so a tactic around 433 or 4231 should fit in there, in my first play-through I've tested mainly 442/4411 as im also a fan of Simeone's Atletico style, but as I said above it was a bit hit and miss, got to the point where I'd like your opinion
How do you counter the team that's countering you?
Lets say im playing Juventus and Roma away, using a possession based wide 433 with full backs overlapping
Juve often plays 4312 when they need goals they switch to 433 narrow or 4312 offensive, and thats whey they often pushed me back and score goals
so I'm guessing the key to beat them would be exploiting the wide areas having IFs draging their fullbacks to the middle while our fullbacks overlap them? and I never know if the enemy plays narrow, should I set my team to play norrow and exploit the wings or play wide and also if they have a dangerous front 2+1AM or 3 STs should I sit deep or have a higher line with offsides...
Roma on the other hand plays a possesion based wide 433 kind of like a tiki taka style with fast and creative wings and when they need to score they switch to offensive 4240 which is also when its really hard to counter them, because when I sit back they would just overrun me and eventually score, if i go offensive they would play long ball to front 4 and outplay me....
any advice guys?
thanks!
Took a look. Gonna scout all of them to see if they might be interested. Allione definitely looks like a good shout - he's more rounded than I remember Also quite like the look of Gjorgjev, but I don't think he'll want to come to Russia. Thanks again!
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