Where are all the players? Help please

[Rorky]

Hi everyone

Recently got FM2012 for xmas and love it. Have taken charge of Thurrock in BSS as I thought it's best as a noivce to start at the bottom. The problem for me is that the other clubs keep stealing my players as they're non-contract players and I can't afford to put them on even a part-time contract. I can just about live with it if I can bring in some new (and hopefully better) players, but I can't find any of the decent cheap players that forums mention (like Pablo Counago) or any foreign players from other non-Uk leagues. I've tried the different filters for hours and have exhausted all my options now. I downloaded FM editor last night as I thought this might be the answer, but am not even sure how to upload the players you find in there to the main game. Sorry if I'm being a chump, but could really do with some help please, as I'm just a beginner and getting bashed by the other teams as I cannot get any players I want. Thanks for reading.

 

[General Ben]

At the start of your game, you need to put a large database on, and possibly new nations, to get different players. Although this will slow you game down, it vastly increases the number of players avaliable.

Hope this helps!

 

[danbeheredroid]

General Ben is right.

Use a large database. I use also use, add top players from division - (continent) europe. You could try either adding all players from a nation (slows the game dramatically) or just top players from the league.

I would disagree too. As a novice it would be a lot easier picking a big team from the biggest nations: England, Spain, Italy and getting to know the basics (how training works, how formations work, players to release / buy, scouting basics etc.)

When you use teams with low reputation or teams that are low league, you have to scout for a long time finding players to fit your formation. Once you master the basics then increase the difficulty by picking a lower league team to play as.