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Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Johno on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 12:22:19
to FM 2005! arrived in the post today due to me subscribing to STFC World.  :D well, i have my afternoon planned.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Rossi on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 12:28:09
You might find it hard to adjust. My dad still plays 97/98 I think. I put the new FM on his computer but he didn't like it because it was too 'complex' for him


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Johno on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 12:38:23
im slowly getting the hang of it. anyone has any suggestions for players with a budget of 30k?


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: swindonbob on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 13:00:31
Andy Robinson  - Attacking Midfielder (Right) from Forrest i think. He is under 10k and is exactly what swindon need on the game coz they have noone for right midfield (unless you play duke, igoe or s robinson who are all out of position, or ashan holgate who is shit). He is a fairly decent player who should get a good average - but he scores shit loads of free kicks. Buy him!


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Johno on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 13:12:05
thankyou Mr Bob.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Johno on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 13:14:15
i have found a andy robinson who plays for swansea and is 35k  :cry:


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Piemonte on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 13:44:43
Advice i gave on the FM2005 progress thread:

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Howard, Evans & Parkin are the best STFC players in my opinion, give them long term contracts with high release clauses (if they want them) as soon as possible.

Migz, Dukey, Fallon & Heywood are pretty good too.

Sell Hewlett, Smith, O'hanlon & possibly Igoe

Sign a right winger, Igoe is shite on the wing. I went for Stuart Green from Hull for £30k - he did pretty well.

sign Lee Briscoe & david perpetuini on free transfers

play 4-4-2


Trevor Benjamin and Tony Dinning were cracking signings in the first season and were less than £20k each if you can generate some more transfer fundage


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Johno on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 14:29:14
righteo, will do!


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: swindonbob on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 15:09:09
Maybe that andy robinson has already signed for swansea? I dunno. But some of piemonte's advice is wrong. Whatever you do DONT SELL IGOE!!  If you play him in the attacking midfield position, just behind the strikers, and give him a free role, he turns into the best player for swindon. He got player of the year for league 1 in my first season and an average rating of about 8.20 come the end of the season. Also scores a few.

Parkin is brilliant - put a massive release clause on him, like over 3 mil - he scored 28 goals before xmas for me but had to sell him to millwall coz he had a 1.1mil min fee clause.

And O'Hanlon is bloody brilliant in right defence. It saves you having to buy another player in that position.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Piemonte on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 15:21:00
Bob may have a point, I didnt play Igoe "in the hole" as it didnt fit in with my tactical masterplan.

I didnt play O'hanlon at all and he dosnt look that bad at league one level, I got £70k for him (from Osasuna WTF???) that was invested in Benjamin & Dinning who are much better players.

Parkin is god though. Do ANYTHING to keep him. He scored 37 goals from 41 starts in my championship winning season and is worth over £3m now.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Ben Wah Balls on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 15:29:53
Igoe got a rating of 7.70 for me in the championship with 9 goals from 40 starts but only 6.67 in league one so it definitely depends how you play him.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Ben Wah Balls on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 15:40:01
O'Hanlon has helped me to 7th in the premiership with 4 games left, I play him in central defence. He's  got an average rating of 7.26 from 35 games which is one of the best this year although most of the team have around the same. He was ever present in the championship and league one too and got ratings of 7.22 and 7.39. He's still only on 2k a week but he's worth 1.8 million.

Evans, Parkin if possible, O'Hanlon, Kyle Lapham and Migs are all worth keeping.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Piemonte on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 15:43:34
Quote from: "Ben Wah Balls"
O'Hanlon has helped me to 7th in the premiership with 4 games left, I play him in central defence. He's  got an average rating of 7.26 from 35 games which is one of the best this year although most of the team have around the same. He was ever present in the chapionship and league one too and got ratings of 7.22 and 7.39. He's still only on 2k a week but he's worth 1.8 million.


Really? I wouldnt have thought he's be able to hack it at that level. I kept track of him on my game and he didnt improve at all. Fair play though.

Maybe he has some random statage

The only survivors from the start of the game in my championship winning squad were Parkin, Howard & Evans.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Ben Wah Balls on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 16:15:09
Him and Evans are the only ever present players for three seasons.  He's also my captain. His stats aren't that great but he's still doing well and has superb morale and he's never asked for a wage rise.

Maybe he just likes the formation, at the moment he's playing in front of my sweeper Chus Bravo in a 5-4-1


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Johno on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 16:17:09
well i got christian roberts!  8)


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Johno on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 16:18:43
what formation do people reckon i should play?


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Piemonte on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 16:30:22
i'd recommend 4-4-2 or a variation of it.

If you play 3 at the back teams muller you down the wings.

I'm sure I've not lost in 3 seasons to a team playing 3-5-2, all you have to do is push the wingers right forward, add a bit more width and select attack down both wings.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: yeo on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 16:33:53
Sell Parkin and rebuild totally,he'll fuck off in the end anyway.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Johno on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 16:34:30
right i'll try that out in my 1st league game... im currently beating Welling
3-0  :soapy tit wank: nope just looked 4-0.  :P


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Kinky Tom on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 16:43:42
See if you can get Ben May on loan from Millwall, or/and Gary McSheffrey on loan from Cov.

Also make sure you know is coming to the end of their contract in December in the scandinavian countries to get in some quality frees.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Ben Wah Balls on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 16:51:13
First two seasons I played a very attacking 4-4-2 diamond formation with Igoe as an attacking midfielder and Migs as a defensive midfielder which seemed to work.

I'm playing 4-5-1 in the premiership because it means I don't condede many and steal wins with counter attacks against the run of play.

Like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/2hats/birmingham.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/2hats/birmingham2.jpg

I've condeded 37 goals in 35 games. Works best at home I've only lost once at home but only won three times away. I started the season with 4-4-2 but it didn't work because I was conceding goals all over the place.

It's a bit dull to watch though and I don't score many.

4-4-2 is probably best in league one.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: oxford_fan on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 17:00:01
Quote from: "Ben Wah Balls"
First two seasons I played a very attacking 4-4-2 diamond formation with Igoe as an attacking midfielder and Migs as a defensive midfielder which seemed to work.

I'm playing 4-5-1 in the premiership because it means I don't condede many and steal wins with counter attacks against the run of play.

Like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/2hats/birmingham.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/2hats/birmingham2.jpg

I've condeded 37 goals in 35 games. Works best at home I've only lost once at home but only won three times away. I started the season with 4-4-2 but it didn't work because I was conceding goals all over the place.

It's a bit dull to watch though and I don't score many.

4-4-2 is probably best in league one.
did the 451 trick in the prem with oxford and worked a treat in the second half of my first season there.  just see it as a base to build from - the summer after i got a team of world class players on bosmans. the secret is to go back in march when the good players realise theyve had no offers and so will go to a lesser club if it means guaranteeing a contract.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: DMR on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 17:10:15
I thought this was going to be something meaningful like Gumbos found himself a girlfriend or something.

Needless to say I'm dissappointed.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Ben Wah Balls on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 17:21:45
This is my formation:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/2hats/formation.jpg


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Johno on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 18:36:51
Quote from: "dave_m_russell"
I thought this was going to be something meaningful like Gumbos found himself a girlfriend or something.

Needless to say I'm dissappointed.


so im i dave, so am i. you should have known.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Johno on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 18:38:10
i played a 442 in my first league game, and i lost 2-1 to bradford... :x i play it later on tonight and see what happens.


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Simon Pieman on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 18:45:19
Howard is amazing. Parkin is good, but Allsopp is better for me, just think he fits tactics better. i play 4-4-2 with the wide men running forward, one central midfielder running forward and one running back. sort of adapted from my cm4 tactics really


Title: Finally ive stepped up in the world!
Post by: Ben Wah Balls on Thursday, February 17, 2005, 18:56:36
Finished my first season in the premiership, 7th with 57 points.