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"Mozzy"
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on 21/10/2005 at 6:55:01PM
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Oh yeah! Got my copy today and I must say the new features really work well!
The team talk is very effective, I was 2-0 up and it gave me the choice to say "Dont get too complacent" which really made my team defend well while also trying to get in more oppotunities for Henry and Reyes.
Theres quite a few other features like the 'Manager Snapshot' which you can view by clicking on your manager name. It has lots of info on one screen, everything you need to know like your next opponent, league position, transfer budget etc.
This game has so much depth it's unbelievable.
Go buy it.
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Badgerman
"es argh"
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on 21/10/2005 at 7:16:14PM
Total Posts: 173
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I shall be getting my copy later tonight.
Already have a few players in mind for Pomp after playing half a season on the demo.
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Mav
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on 22/10/2005 at 12:19:19AM
Total Posts: 943
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Should get mine tomorrow.
Otherwise shelling out £3 for postage will be a spectacular waste of money.
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odwyer
"....."
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on 22/10/2005 at 1:36:29PM
Total Posts: 54
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When's the first patch out?
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Mozzy
"Mozzy"
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on 22/10/2005 at 5:52:02PM
Total Posts: 697
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Now, it came out on the day the game was released which was a bit odd.
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Mav
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on 22/10/2005 at 7:27:50PM
Total Posts: 943
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Bah, that's a no show. Looks like Monday then.
Have many of the players been improved? I assume Rooney, Lampard, Terry and Gerrard have had their stats pushed up?
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Mozzy
"Mozzy"
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on 22/10/2005 at 8:07:35PM
Total Posts: 697
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Yep, they're all improved a bit. Rooneys now worth over £30M.
The usual young hopefuls like Adu, Vanden Borre, Guarin etc are slightly better. Especially Adu, he's definately good enough for my Arsenal team and i've only just started the game! He scored two goals on his debut against Chelsea and has been getting an average rating of 8 in most games.
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Kawada
"Brooklyn boy"
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on 22/10/2005 at 8:09:04PM
Edited: 22/10/05 21:40 Total Posts: 4203
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Can you have a look at Theo Walcott who plays for Southampton. Be interesting to see just how much he's been improved
Oh and also Leo Messi at Barcelona
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Mozzy
"Mozzy"
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on 22/10/2005 at 9:43:44PM
Total Posts: 697
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I'll do it tommorow as im just about to log off my computer.
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Kawada
"Brooklyn boy"
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on 22/10/2005 at 9:44:28PM
Total Posts: 4203
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Cheers, i'm expecting Messi to be one of the new FM Gods this time around
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Mozzy
"Mozzy"
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on 22/10/2005 at 10:03:55PM
Edited: 22/10/05 22:07 Total Posts: 697
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Meh, this game is so addictive. 5 minutes away from it and then BAM! Im straight back on it again.
Leo Messi - Click Here
Wowza, he's bloody good for a 18 year old!
Theo Walcott - Click Here |
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Kawada
"Brooklyn boy"
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on 23/10/2005 at 12:08:54AM
Total Posts: 4203
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Walcott's stats are a bit low, hope they shoot up quickly
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Lipe
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on 23/10/2005 at 12:37:08PM
Total Posts: 664
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Woot, beat Chelsea in the community shield 4-2. Recoba's been my only signing so far but he got injured so I had the option to either give him pain killers so he could get through the Chelsea game and then risk having him out for a month or just let the physio's treat him for around 1 month. I gave him painkillers and he was excellent for me against Chelsea and he's only out for 1 week ^_^ Been trying to buy a CB but they are really hard to buy...
Click Here |
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Mozzy
"Mozzy"
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on 23/10/2005 at 2:57:29PM
Total Posts: 697
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Is Recoba worth getting? I actually need an attacking midfielder and was going to get Leo Messi, but Barcelona wont even accpet £11M for him so I might try and get Recoba instead.
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Lipe
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on 23/10/2005 at 4:19:11PM
Total Posts: 664
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Recoba's gotten 8 for me in all the matches he's played in (4 so far.) £11 million for Messi? I got him for £4 million ^_^ I also bought Alex from PSV for £9 million, my defence needed strengthning.
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J-42
"Comfortably Numb"
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on 23/10/2005 at 6:32:23PM
Edited: 23/10/05 18:32 Total Posts: 322
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Arghh... Paid for 1st class delivery, and hasn't come yet (Obv. wouldn't come today) Anyways, if it ain't ere tomorrow, heads will roll...
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Mozzy
"Mozzy"
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on 23/10/2005 at 8:03:47PM
Total Posts: 697
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First poor result as Arsenal - lost 2-0 to Schalke in the CL group stages, not a good start... :(
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JC941*
"hit the road jack"
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on 23/10/2005 at 8:35:36PM
Total Posts: 317
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Despite being a football fan this is my first ever dip into Football manager.
Managing Norwich :)
Played half of my first season. Currently 2nd and just walloped Crewe 7-0
Great game.
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Mav
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on 24/10/2005 at 12:25:10AM
Total Posts: 943
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I was wondering, how do you guys usually play the FM games?
Is it a case of buying the players, sticking them on the pitch and hoping for the best, or do you spend much time on tactics?
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Lipe
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on 24/10/2005 at 12:39:21AM
Total Posts: 664
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Mav wrote:
> Is it a case of buying the players, sticking them on the pitch and
> hoping for the best, or do you spend much time on tactics?
I usually spend quite a bit on tactics...usually do everyone's individual tactics too. I don't think you can really win anything by just sticking players on the pitch tbh.
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Kawada
"Brooklyn boy"
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on 24/10/2005 at 1:01:37AM
Total Posts: 4203
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I don't do anything about individual tactics but i do change the team's tactics. Often go for an quick attacking short passing game down both flanks with the option on the counter attack
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Mozzy
"Mozzy"
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on 24/10/2005 at 10:15:39AM
Edited: 24/10/05 10:15 Total Posts: 697
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Coin
"Bicycle"
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on 24/10/2005 at 11:17:53AM
Total Posts: 1333
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I do tactics, and bring in some talent, generally not obsesing over youngsters.
Usually bring in a player in each (general) position, GK, D, MF and ST.
On another note - is FM2006 worth £30? I mean, my CM / FM cycle is usually to buy it once every two years... And from the looks of it, FM '06 doesn't update FM '05 all that much.
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Mozzy
"Mozzy"
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on 24/10/2005 at 12:30:57PM
Total Posts: 697
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Well, it has alot of changes, but they're not big changes, just small little touches that make the game even more enjoyable.
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Lipe
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on 24/10/2005 at 12:49:40PM
Total Posts: 664
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Download it tbh...like Mozzy said, little changes but nothing too radical.
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J-42
"Comfortably Numb"
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on 24/10/2005 at 1:00:32PM
Total Posts: 322
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Mine still hasn't come yet. Looks like '05 for just one more day...
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Lipe
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on 24/10/2005 at 1:07:10PM
Total Posts: 664
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I hope you've learnt your lesson - never pre-order from SR again!
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Kawada
"Brooklyn boy"
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on 24/10/2005 at 2:36:34PM
Total Posts: 4203
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Coin wrote:
> I do tactics, and bring in some talent, generally not obsesing over
> youngsters.
It's a shame really i'm leaving this week as i think this was the season guys like Van Den Borre, Murphy, Simoncini, Messi, Adu and Nascimento were going to come good. (De Angeli was already awesome last year) I'd have liked to have seen how they'd do.
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Lipe
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on 24/10/2005 at 3:01:54PM
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Kawada
"Brooklyn boy"
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on 24/10/2005 at 3:02:57PM
Total Posts: 4203
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Nope the computer in my apartment is apparently crap and needs coal to run it or something like that.
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Lipe
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on 24/10/2005 at 5:33:03PM
Total Posts: 664
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Oh fun :/ Well hurry up and make some money ;)
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J-42
"Comfortably Numb"
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on 24/10/2005 at 6:03:08PM
Total Posts: 322
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Currently installing it... Not long now.
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Mav
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on 24/10/2005 at 6:35:59PM
Total Posts: 943
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Oh for crying out loud...
NONE of the links to download the patch are working.
I have to do it via torrent.
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Mav
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on 24/10/2005 at 6:42:36PM
Total Posts: 943
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Oh wait, I have to register...
My bad.
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Mav
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on 24/10/2005 at 6:51:40PM
Total Posts: 943
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Oh yeah, sure, that really helped...
This is ridiculous. Anyone nice enough to do me a favour and YouSendIt it?
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Mav
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on 24/10/2005 at 7:00:24PM
Total Posts: 943
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Ah, panic over, I managed to sort it.
You can all relax now.
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J-42
"Comfortably Numb"
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on 24/10/2005 at 10:25:44PM
Total Posts: 322
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Thought I'd arrange a firendly with "Football Giants" Exeter City to see how my new team (Spurs) Mesh. Didn't bother withany tactics as it was only Exter. To my horror, I conceded a goal after 5 mins, though I laughed it off. Then, after 30 minutes they scored another. Half time came and trhats when I flopped out the old team talk. "The club's pride is at steak" was my weapon of choice. Final Score: Spurs 4-2 Exeter.
I love FM'06.
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Mav
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on 27/10/2005 at 2:21:39PM
Total Posts: 943
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Seems more difficult to me, which is a welcome change.
Started a game with Liverpool and am having difficulty getting the most out of my strikers, though that problem at least has a pleasingly apt realism to it.
Two up front just didn't work, so I sold Morientes and now have Cisse and Crouch giving me two very different options as lone strikers. Cisse is on poorer form, missing so many clear cut chances I could cry, while Crouch has been surprisingly prolific though doesn't get so many opportunities.
Gerrard, finally, is playing like an absolute warrior in midfield. Haven't seen him take a single long-shot yet - hopefully that will change - but his tackling, passing and overall presence are far more like the real thing.
Going into my first Prem game away to West Ham after a frustrating 1-1 home draw with Brondby in the CL 3rd Qualifying round, which brought up a rather interesting incident. Cisse was through on goal, it was just him and the keeper, when he was brought down in the box by the Brondby defender who was rushing back.
Now that's a stone wall penalty, and also a clear cut red card. Yet while the keeper gave the penalty (which Luis Garcia promptly pelted straight down the middle for an easy save for the rooted keeper), the centre-half got off with a yellow. Surely that's a glitch or a flaw in the game's rules?
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Coin
"Bicycle"
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on 27/10/2005 at 2:49:55PM
Edited: 27/10/05 14:56 Total Posts: 1333
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Hohoho.
Just started a new game, unemployed, my copy finally working today (yay for compatibility modes) and got signed by Mansfield.
Not started from the bottom since CM 00/01, so should be tough. I imagine it'll be rife with rubbish loan deals and poor results, but should be fun to watch neverless - maybe it'll prove that tactics win over players... That'd teach Kawada.
(Not that he'll know about it, since he'll be in China - it's kind of a shame really, he's my main vent of FM.)
Edit: Yay, I signed Carlton Cole on a good loan until the end of the season, for £500 p/w, and can play in Cup matches. Now I only need...
- A good midfielder. (x4)
- A good defender. (x4)
- A good keeper. (x1)
- A good striker to partern Cole. (x1)
EDIT: Damn, Chelsea accepted the offer, but Cole rejected me :(.
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Mozzy
"Mozzy"
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on 27/10/2005 at 6:18:30PM
Total Posts: 697
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Mav, have you got the latest patch? If not I suggest you get it because it's important. :)
Coin - I've never managed a really low league team before, I usually go for the clubs in the top division and sometimes in the second division.
Kerlon
Everybody should buy this player, he is absolutely amazing! I dont think you can sign him straight away because he is Brazilian and under 18 but his Birthday is on the 27th January so try to get him then.
I was thinking of selling Henry, until I saw that his value has decreased by £10M and decided not to. I might aswell keep him until he leaves.
I bought Cesar Delgado and Freddy Adu - both in my first team, Adu plays in a MR position as he isn't good enough to be one of my main strikers yet and both Ljungberg and Pires are injured for the rest of the season, so I expect Adu to improve alot seeing as I play him in almost every match.
Im getting a Center Back from Monaco, I think he's called Gael Givet. Has some pretty decent stats and is only 24 years old.
TBH, I dont think they have changed much in the game, but there are so many small touches that just make the game so great.
Like when I got a message from Wenger (former manager of the team im playing...) advising me to buy this player he reccomended. He was crap, so I didn't buy him.
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