FM2005

[Simon Pieman]

Umm i can't be bothered to look for a new one with my current dial up connection. Still waiting for my dad's work to sort his broadband out for him, so i will probably be back at uni before then anyway.

If anyone wants to find me a non-offensive avatar then please do.

[sonicyouth]

here's my tactic

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jameswalsh/sonicyouth4-4-2.tac

[Simon Pieman]

My tactic seems to be working well for me now. Any tips on how to tighten the back four. At the moment i'm scoring loads, but i'm leaking goals like a king managed swindon town  :-))(

[sonicyouth]

Who you playing in defence? I concede quite a few (had two 3-3 draws in a row, how King-esque) but I find Nicholas - Ifil - O'Hanlon - Smith quite a solid defence.

Comyn-Platt isn't bad either.

[Simon Pieman]

I'm in the prem and have basically the regen players (because i'm in 2010 or something). I will start again, but i just can't seem to win the prem league. I've won everything else loads. What's everyone's closing down/marking settings etc...

[Ben Wah Balls]

Put a sweeper behind them.

When I won the premiership I only conceded 4 goals at home all year, but with a 4-4-2 I was conceding about 3 or 4 a game, just wasn't working in the premiership.

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

[Simon Pieman]

so would 3 at the back with a sweeper work better than flat 4? I was going to try this but then my full backs would surely have to play a lot narrower. Guess i should experiment and watch a few full-match highlights. Once i have tweaked my defence i should have everything perfect i think  

[Titch]

I always play a 5-3-2 formation.  I find it by far the most solid/balanced formation.

[Kinky Tom]

I always tend to go for a flat 4-4-2, wingers pushing on, one CM staying back a bit, and one getting forward.

I sometimes change to a 4-1-4-1 to see a game out, and often nick another goal playing this way.  The extra man in midfield sits just in front of the back four - and the one CM that was inclined to sit back now just sits in CM, with the other three midfielders getting forward to support the lone striker.

I find that FM is not so suited to obscure formations like CM was.

I tend to have decent defences, so I must be doing something right.

[Ben Wah Balls]

Well I used a kind of 1-4-4-1, I guess you could say it is a negative tactic but I was leaking so many goals it was getting ridiculous.

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

Not with those players though, you need to have a decent sweeper to get the best out of it, I had Gabriel Milito and the two wingers playing  like Robben and Duff or Wright-Phillips and Cole do for Chelsea, I had Antonio Di Natale who was the star player and Steed Malbranque with just one class striker (Fabrizio Miccoli for me).

[sonicyouth]

here's my first choice lineup and formation

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jameswalsh/lineup0506.jpg

Over the summer I sold Roberts to Torquay (£12k), Jenkins to Leyton Orient (£3k), Thorpe to Belenenses (free) and released Lee Briscoe and Ben Wells. I've signed Malvin Kamara (free), Tom Heaton (£120k), Anders Ekelund (£8k), Andy Smith (£10k) and Paul Furlong (£1k). I've just tried to strengthen the squad this summer, if I don't get promoted and my wage bill gets cut again I'm going to resign  :x

[Spud]

How do you take screen shots of the game?.

[Ben Wah Balls]

Press print screen.

The only player I've ever sold for money is Parkin I normally just release them or wait till their contracts run out because I can't sell half of them and if they're good I won't sell them at any price.

[Spud]

Im currently Everton in the Championship, ive played about 25 games, won 22,drawn 2 and lost 1. Luckily i picked up a decent squad with alot of good youth players, ive also added alot of 16-18 yr olds to my squad for the future.

[Kinky Tom]

Umm i can't be bothered to look for a new one with my current dial up connection. Still waiting for my dad's work to sort his broadband out for him, so i will probably be back at uni before then anyway.

If anyone wants to find me a non-offensive avatar then please do.

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=tbn:KxExG9uzXA0J:www.wickedsunshine.com/Images/PNG_Design_400x400/Pie%2BTimeForPie_400x400.png

Sory it's a link and not a picture, it's not saved as a .jpg and I didn't want to save it, basically because I'm at work and couldn't be arsed.   Also it is a half-arsed attempt itself.