FM 2005 Tips

[magnum150]

3-5-2 is ok for LG1 but i've found 4-4-2 better for the championship.

Tip, If you can get promoted in your first year, sign Freddy Adu. Offer him what ever he wants whilst he's 16. When he gets to 17, offer him what ever he wants and you have a class player who will do well or someone who you can cash in on. 5 Mill at the age of 18.

I currently have Migz valied at 1.8mill

Also look out for Anthony Lurling. If you can get him on a free in your second year he is an awesome winger.

[Spud]

Re: Parkin

When clubs start sniffing around offer him to them for £300k.  Then when they submit the bid tell them you want £900k or so and someone normally goes for it.

Cheating, but hey :smile1:

Thanks, ill have to try that sometime. Shame we wont be able to do that on the next version.

[walrus]

I cannot believe some of you are not playing version 5.05!  Get with it people!

For those of you that don't know, every version of CM/FM since CM4 has been riddled with bugs on release, CM4 being the main culprit with the initial game being unplayable.  To solve this SI, the makers of the game, have released a series of patches - the latest for FM2005 being "5.05".  This also comes with a data update which includes the signings of Jenkins and Roberts.

Goto www.sigames.com - you can get player pics, backgrounds, skins etc.  Apologies to those of you who've got it but it's clear some don't, and this will vastly improve the game.

As for my own success, I've yet to finish a season on FM05 so err.... yeh  

[Spud]

I cannot believe some of you are not playing version 5.05!  Get with it people!

For those of you that don't know, every version of CM/FM since CM4 has been riddled with bugs on release, CM4 being the main culprit with the initial game being unplayable.  To solve this SI, the makers of the game, have released a series of patches - the latest for FM2005 being "5.05".  This also comes with a data update which includes the signings of Jenkins and Roberts.

Goto www.sigames.com - you can get player pics, backgrounds, skins etc.  Apologies to those of you who've got it but it's clear some don't, and this will vastly improve the game.

As for my own success, I've yet to finish a season on FM05 so err.... yeh  

Im on 5.0.5 as i like my game bug free. Try www.sortitoutsi.net for skins etc etc

[BANGKOK RED]

I find with Swindon that no matter who plays on the right wing they always play bad and gets 3s and 4s.....no matter WHO!!

Play Duke on the right wing using a 4-4-2, instruct him to play as a winger but place him in a fullback position (i.e. as he would in a 5-3-2), he ain't magnificent but he averages about 7.5 which will do until you can find a right winger who can do the biz.

Once you get promoted and you have the money buy Freddy Guarin from Envigada (Columbia) set his mentality to defensive, make him your #1 free kick taker and he can blast in the long shots. He is a bit pricey but he is WELL worth it, he is loyal as well and doesn't get the "I want to move to a bigger club attitude" He is only 19-20 as well.

[le god cuervo]

omar daley is always a good tip, and freddy edu if you can get a work permit. also tried to get that jon obi mikel (or whatever his name is?) from nigeria but again, no work permit. there are some quality players to be found in africa if you send a scout out there (& can get work permits!)

winston bogarde is always available on a free at the start of the game & is a rock in defence.

made the mistake of signing adriano rigoglioso from doncaster, he's a quality player (AM/F) but always misses training & disrupts team spirit. trying to offload him at the moment.

had to sell parkin to wolves for £330k - he's now worth £3.3m sitting on their bench  

line-up is normally:

-------------------evans---------------------
--------ohanlon--heywood--ifil------------
duke--------------------------------nicholas
-----------migz--daley--hewlett-----------
----------------fallon--roberts--------------

currently 18th in championship (2nd season)

igoe is quality on the game but is never fit enough to play every match

[Spud]

What database size do you have to run to get Korzym?.

[neiliodeh]

pereploytkin, ukranian available for free and is half english, is worth well over 1 million within a couple of months and is only 18.

[Simon Pieman]

Bloody frustrating wage budgets when you get to the Prem though  :x
I'm currently using a 4-1-2-1-2 formation with the 2 midfielders playing as wingers, the attacking midfielder as a playmaker with a free role. I think tinkering with the individual tactics (i.e. for each player) works a treat.

[CARTMAN]

please help. i can load fm 2005 ok but when i load the update disc it turns the language to czech and wont change back to english, anyone know how to stop this happening or am i going to have to buy a czech phrase book

[Barry Scott]

Bloody frustrating wage budgets when you get to the Prem though  :x
I'm currently using a 4-1-2-1-2 formation with the 2 midfielders playing as wingers, the attacking midfielder as a playmaker with a free role. I think tinkering with the individual tactics (i.e. for each player) works a treat.

Dunno whether you thought of this or not, might be silly to say. But i had the same problem and i just leave between £5m £10m in the bank till pre season and i can pay players loads in prem. can't remember exact figures but i know the club stop you paying certain players over set amount.

I had ricketts who was a stroppy twat once i got promoted and he wanted about 40k pw. The club would only allow me 22k so amusingly sold him back to Tottenham for over £5.5m (he cost 500k!). The club obviously didn't value ricketts as i pay one of my players over 40k and the club were gonna allow around 50k i think.

[RappersDelight]

anyone know where i can get the most up to date transfer patch? i can't be bothered to change everyone that's moved since transfer deadline day and so far this pre season, and also can't be bothered to change the promotion/relegation

any links would be appreciated or your own version you've changed?

[CARTMAN]

got tony thorpe for 10 grand. 5 in 4 games, quality in league one

[Leggett]

if you've got the latest edition, do a player search for Sheephead...    

[Bob's Orange]

I have just got into this game again!! Downloaded the latest patch and started a game with Town. Got to the League Cup 4th round beating Bolton on pens. Lost 2-1 at home to Southampton, but made a fair bit of cash! Go to spurs away in the 3rd round of the FA Cup. Currently sitting 5th in the league but it is dead tight at the top.

Rhys is out for the season with a knee injury and I have just received bids of 1.5 million from Celtic and Bristol City !0!!??? for SSP,  wonder who he'll choose to sign for? I have a ready made replacement in a young Swedish striker called Berg who is banging them in for me!!