Old thread:
>>74488030
Useful /trb/ related links:
http://pastebin.com/grLucSzY
Macca's official /trb/ database:
2015: http://pastebin.com/uj27eQhe
2016: http://pastebin.com/7e3Vv0ap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JCehDOy54
Kitten stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPv9yKC76hE
nth for difficult Truro save
>>74524064
I actually like Weston in the winter, it's a great beach for walking on and there's less people clogging up the seaside.
New pier is trash though
Hello lads I'm leaving anonymous nice comments on a forever alone friend of my gf's, shes a nice girl who's never had a bf she deserves to feel nice
>>74524139
post her. so we can leave nice comments as well.
>>74524149
Can't bc of the doxability
Have my best player instead
>>74518512
wait now it's snowing like crazy, and the game was supposed to start in 10 minutes. kek
Hello everyone
>>74524212
I have to wonder to what extent shit like this is made BECAUSE it's going to be mocked and go viral
it's easy advertising at the cost of a little dignity
>>74524237
>a little
>>74524237
Not at all, you're massively overthinking it.
this is going to be a really short save.
>>74524212
Chanted Our City Our Club when we just made history lads!
i did it lads. i finally won a trophy in international football, after so many failures with England and Italy. In the year my manager turned a 100 years old, too
>193cm
excuse me what
>>74524529
Whats the matter? Cant handle a real man?
>>74524478
you had to betray your country for it
>>74524535
he got injured and subbed off in like the 15th minute, kek
but seriously, what are SI on about? he's a classic turbomanlet
>>74524380
4-1-4-1 counter needed
fun save
>>74524617
he's 173 in mine
>>74524621
I played that, didn't work, even though it was the only thing that should've worked with these players. Only real quality in defence was the fact that there were some increddible headers with high bravery. Yet I conceded mostly from headers. playing fluid possession control would've probably given better results but I can't be arsed desu.
>>74524617
Classic case of player growth over time going horribly wrong.
Iver "ourguy" Fossum
>>74524212
>Founded April 16, 2014
>The club began playing in 2017
>singing about club legends allready
come off it
Whats the best way to counter the 4-2-3-1 Wide?
That formation is killing me. Keep in mind I have no wingers and I normally play the 4-1-3-2 (BWM-d - APa - CM) or the 4-4-2 diamond.
>>74524840
4-3-3 narrow with two bwms on either side of a playmaker. Have the two side forwards play f9, df, tm or treq and have them roam from positions.
Sit deep as fuck with your defense with no man marking, work ball in the box
you will outscore them if your team isnt dogshit.
I'll try truro again tomorrow.. Pretty tilted now..
What's some fun league? I think I've played in most of them already.
>EPL
>Bundesliga
>La liga
>Serie A
>Ligue 1
>Primeira liga
>Eredivisie
>Russian league
>Ukrainian league
>Brazilian league
>Australian league
>Chinese league
>>74524883
Thanks ill give it a try.
We're predicted to finish 4th but are currently 11th.
We're creating chances but my forwards just aren't converting. And I can't bring anyone in now because of the FFF regulations.
Pic related is making me pull my hair out.
>>74524957
come to norway
>>74524957
austria/croatia are pretty ok I guess. start in the 2nd tier and it'll be several years before you can fully overtake red bull/dinamo respectively
>>74524977
the roam from positions strikers with fullbacks or wingbacks will work sort of like wingers in how they drop for the ball and being available, but they drift towards the goal and often set up the centre forwards with hard fast passes across the box. It's relaly satisfying when it works.
>>74524977
Just look at that pass completion though.
>Hannover
Dahoud's own goal was pretty funny. He got hit on the chest by the ball from outside the box while the keeper just watched it creep over line off the post.
Rashford tearing up the Bundesliga.
This is my fetish.
>>74525423
hnnnngg
on a similar, albeit less arousing note
>sign up generic pacy fullback #874 from barca B
>don't fully scout him, his attribute distribution looks about right, fuck it he's good enough
>turns up with 13 long throws, fairly consistent, and enjoys big matches
and he'll never be good enough for barca to want him back, either
http://thesefootballtimes.co/2017/03/06/how-society-and-politics-gave-us-catenaccio-and-total-football/
Reminder that playing attacking football is a betrayal of the working class
>>74525610
>reminder that playing anything less than 4 wingers is against the roots of football and a betrayal of the working class
>>74525588
Freire is GOAT.
>playing as barcelona
>given a penalty every league game
will my bribes go up next year with all the extra income from winning the league?
>>74525610
where does hoofing it up to the brave big lad fit into all of this?
>>74525782
Mitchell please stop
>Best player in my Academy
>Uggo
Damn it.
>>74526378
that's beyond ugo, he's like a mutant half-acorn or something
fucking weird
>>74526378
>5'6
>on all levels except physical, I am focused
>[concedes equalizer]
>>74524957
polish and finnish leagues
>>74524957
korea, uruguay, the list goes on
>>74526676
Korea is not very fun IMO
>>74526378
>Heading
>8
I don't believe it.
Interesting career path. Only Spain left to conquer.
>>74527899
I wouldn't say he's conquered anything desu. Those average ratings are embarrassing.
>>74524840
desu, my specific variant of 4-2-3-1 Wide is a regular 4-2-3-1 Wide murderer. I usually change my starting formation depending on what my opponent plays, but against 4-2-3-1 Wide I don't even try because it's too easy.
>>74527938
Guess conquer was a bit extreme. I was just referring to the fact that he only needed to play in Spain and he's played in the top 5 leagues.
What did goldnigger mean by this?
>>74527899
instead of Bayern and Napoli he's gone to Hull and Boro on mine.
>>74528055
don't know, art.
here we go again, going to play something that shouldn't work with these players.
>>74525782
one of your better comments my friend
>>74528277
I don't know why he was bought by those clubs. I did holiday through till 2022 though just because I don't like starting without regens, so it may have had an influence.
>when your HoYD does you a favor and buys you a really good regen in a position that you need cover for
nice
This guy is doing really well for me and I really want him on a permanent deal. His release fee is £37.5m but I always find it really hard to justify paying that amount of money for an 18/19 year old.
>tfw clearing out /sp/ picture folder
>tfw come across all my old FM pics
>tfw looking at some of the based regens from old FMs
>>74524957
>>74524978
Can second this, pretty good fun. Maybe don't pick Sadness Ulf as it seems they are fucking forever semi-pro. Been finishing comfortably top-half the past 3 seasons as the only semi-pro side (bar newly promoteds), and the option in the board room to upgrade to professional is still greyed out.
Selling my wonderkid for ~2m at the end of this window, so if that doesn't enable us to go pro it's a bit of a futile effort.
first win in charge! Better start than last time.
>>74524957
>EPL
Looking for a new start as I am entirely bored of semi-pro Sadness. Want to go to a larger country but I've done Engerland too many times and I can't seem to get a job in Germany, so is managing in Spain/France/Italy actually enjoyable? Managed too many shit sides in Scandinavia to have a decent enough rep to go to a side above maybe 2nd-tier relegation candidates.
>>74528821
France is fun.
>>74528821
All the top 5 leagues are the same with very minor differences.
lmaooo lads
How does amateur work, can I immediately go pro if I get the money or is it semi-pro first?
And what are the cash requirements for semi-pro?
>points based suspension system
Fucking hell northern ireland
lel
>>74529294
>hansi oberwald
>>74529316
>he doesnt roleplay as a fictional austrian from vienna
>I expect a win
>They don't win
MILES
I'm beginning to understand why people don't play defensive formations
Unless you concede a shot or counter you can't watch how they work without putting the ME on full match mode.
>>74524237
Americans are actually like that
Guys, is there a skin or something that allows you to create a new attribute category (not just average, good, excellent)? Four different colors are just not enough, I need a fifth one.
>>74529338
And they are just simply weaker than possession oriented formations.
>>74529338
There's also the fact that attack is the best form of defense, unless your team is hopelessly underpowered, where you should really just focus on playing a really defensive formation.
>>74529338
If you get it right you can deny the opposition from ever getting into your box
Once you get a keeper good enough to stop blooters it's hard to lose.
Issue is that you're trying to score against teams with like 4 attackers max
lol
We're 10-1 underdogs (relegation favourites away vs promotion favourites) in the season opener let's see if we're shite or just low rep
>>74529660
What a game!
There were two highlights all game, our goal and a messy corner leading to them hitting our post
>>74529692
Naturally forgot the image
From tactical analysis they had twice as many shots as us, but only one in the box (from a corner) and the only touches in our box came from that corner, and throw ins where the ball was immediately headed back out of the box.
The issue with our tactics (ultra defensive possession setup) is that we only produced one chance in the box all game.
tl;dr: defensive football can work but only if you also play possession
>>74529710
>>74529692
>>74529660
and then the guy who got our assist is immediately poached by another team
Fucking non-contracts
Peter Bosz (Ajax manager) is retarded in game. If he's losing at half time he switches to a kamikaze 343 making 2 or 3 subs and if he's still losing 15 minutes before the end he puts his defender up front and his manlet striker at the back.
Always win 5-1 or something and he somehow still hasn't been sacked.
Bit better so far..
> striker bitches why he's benched
> tell him he wasn't scoring enough when i gave him a chance
> tells me he needs games in order to score goals
> agree with starting him more and tell him i expect good performances
> "sure boss, no problem"
> his ratings since: 6.6, 7.0, 6.6, 6.4, 5.9
> hasn't scored in 5 games, no assists either
> missed a penalty against /buyern/, which cost us all three points
that's it motherfucker, say hello to the reserves for me.
>tfw can't understand if this is a good offer or not
>>74530302
Supplemental draft picks are virtually worthless. Superdraft first picks are ok but generally unless its literally first 3 overall picks you can guarantee the best lads will be gone.
So essentially its something that might be good and something that will almost certainly be worthless + 245k.
>>74530302
lmao post anibal
>>74530340
that boi is my best player (valued 1.1M), so this is a shit deal i think..(?)
>>74530345
pic related
>these penalty taker attributes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_men's_association_football_players_with_500_or_more_goals
>575
>>74530275
a missed pen can only cost you up to two points
>>74530355
I wouldn't sell desu
>>74530438
>all dem hungarians
Lmao ffs don't get lazy with your editor files kids
>>74530566
argentina's impossible to do properly in the editor because the rules are so dumb
>>74530619
Worse than Belgium?
>>74530636
http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2015/1/28/7928055/boca-juniors-velez-sarsfield-2015-copa-libertadores-playoff
Yes Belgium is just silly
Argentina had a fucking legal case a year ago because they had two contradictory tiebreak rules
>>74530441
buyern's player got a second yellow card for that penalty aswell, so i'm convinced we'd fuck them up, if we equalized from that penalty. fucker has 16 penalty taking, 15 finishing and 14 composure as well, so fuck knows how he managed to miss it.
>>74530566
It happened for real
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/4160/extra-time/2017/02/05/32355912/jackpot-argentine-cup-tie-decided-by-lottery-numbers
>>74530655
Neuer magic
>pish youth striker scores 4 goals in a local derby
magic
>check on argie league irl
>players are on strike because they havent been paid in several months
con grondona esto no pasaba
>>74530636
there's regional pro/rel, average points tables, and the primera goes from 30 teams to 20 in like 5 years (obviously with extra relegations) - it's a total mess
i'm just trying to get the third division to ""work"" because i actually support a team there
oh baby.
>>74530636
>tfw no BeNeLiga
>>74530680
Even the women gave up on that idea
This man literally cannot win.
No doubt he'll be offered a way back into the Prem in a few weeks so he can pick up that fifth straight relegation.
>>74530566
Talleres REEEEE after that
It's going a lot better
>New left back gets sent off in his debut
>A league cup 3rd round match vs Carlisle
>Fine him
>He's unhappy with
>Feel he deserved the fine and stick with that decision
>Disagrees with my decision
>Stop being a cunt
>"I can work for a manager who treats his players like this!"
>Offer for sale at one half is value
>No offers
>Stuck with this retarded fuck for at least 4 months
>>74530931
>>"I can work for a manager who treats his players like this!"
sounds like a reasonable lad to me desu
>>74530938
My typos are merely a symptom of the burning rage and hatred I have for this twat.
Probably a good thing we're not real managers, lads. I'd be paying out of my own pocket to have my players assassinated to get them off the wage bill
why did they offer me a new contract in May then instead of sacking me? seems unfair to start a season with the sword of damacles hanging over me
>>74530994
rip
>>74530994
Pretty sure the board will never allow the player's contract to run out so even if you are close to getting sacked when your's is about to end they will offer always offer a new contract.
i've pulled a bit of a leeds lads, except without the relegation bit
>first season in la liga, survive with a very good 10th place
>2nd season actually finish in the uefa cup spot (5th, thanks to very good players on loan)
>decide to invest the money in young players instead of loans so i can build for the future
>finish 7th in 3rd season (still good)
>keep investing the money, offset investments against expected success as I always do
>something goes wrong, morale is low all year, finish 14th in the 4th season
>unbalanced squad with too much depth in some areas and lack thereof in other areas
>in considerable financial difficulty, need to sell anything i can miss
>some exciting youth players that the big clubs are coming calling for now but i'll get sacked before i sell them because i don't want to ever sell underdeveloped youth
I don't expect to be able to dig myself out of this hole.. hopefully we somehow hit the ground running, the youngsters come good fast and we can get a good thing going.. but i doubt it
anybody else know that feel when a save is going so bad that you want to delet the game?
>danish person being interviewed on local tv
>sounds like an offbrand dutch
Do you all acshully shpeak like thithss?
>>74531304
my life save is going bad and I want to delet myself
>>74531314
Why was he being interviewed?
>>74531330
Something about Copenhagen having a bike scheme whilst bristol has shit congestion
>>74531314
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnoP4sUV90
scummy busparkers finally getting exposed
I hope their manager gets sacked for this performance
>tfw you play against murderball adn have to use up all your subs in 15 min.
>>74530673
Which team, senpai?
>>74531323
trip on mitch
Yeah, uh, R. Madrid won the league last season and their average player is worth 30m. Is this going to be a regular thing now that we're in CRISIS? First freaking game of the season
>every time one of my players plays well they get poached
>running out of free agents I can pay the appearance fees for
LLM isn't a fun challenge it's just fucking tedious
>>74531505
kek that's stupid
>>74531304
when my save goes bad, i usually break a pair of headphones.
>>74531764
>>74531505
blame the refs btw
>>74531441
Sadfrog.jpg
I love American intakes.
>>74532040
>Di Biase
>>74532040
>posts Canadian intake
>>74532117
>North AMERICA
>>74532040
>Having a zanzibarbarian
>>74532040
I really don't love it when the best player of my youth intake has a 1,5 star potential, but each to their own, I guess.
>7 games undefeated
>2 wins
Just give me the man u job already
>>74532222
>Calling NA "America"
nigga what the fuck
>biggest choke in history in 3070 against Paraguay in the WC final
>lose in the semi in 3074
>not even qualify for 3078
the dream is dead as FUCK, stupid italy
>>74532847
Who won in 3074?
>>74532878
props to ukraine tho, i still don't know how they got there
Should I sell him? He doesn't start, but he will take over my 28 year old striker eventually.
>>74533276
Unless he's best player in the game good you can surely get a replacement for way less
>change to a basic 442 when 2-0 down
hory shit
>>74533685
what supporters?
>>74533702
All six of them la
What happens if you try to poach a player that you yourself have sold before with a 50% of the next sale-clause?
I will most likely go up the next season, the team I've sold the player to might go down, and I think I might have enough transfer budget to get him for the half price, but I've never done it before - I think I will have to match the other teams trying to get him, and I most likely won't have that amount. So, exactly, what happens in this case?
>>74533732
Partying in the streets of Sport and Leisure
>club legend 'injured' before the CL
ha
>>74533938
you pay them the full amount, they pay you 50% back
you still need to have the full amount available, no "I can make a bid twice as big as my transfer budget" tricks
>>74533966
What a moran
>>74533978
Yeah, I figured it would be something along these lines. Oh well.
That bastard can rot in the lower divisions then or get me some of that PSG money or something like that. Serves him right for not wanting to extend his contract with me because he wanted to play in the top flight. :^)
>those brazilians that show up during the winter transfer window on the save you haven't played in a while
Exciting!
>>74534020
I literally always stop playing a save before my regen signings actually arrive
>Pordenone in relegation zone after 7 years in Serie A
pls no
>>74534041
I'm in space year 2029, it's great!
>>74533276
How the hell is a non-starter worth so much? Sell desu, you'll get 3 more years out of old striker and be able to reinvest in first team sooner.
>>74534098
If you win the CL everyone becomes insanely valuable
>when you ask them to keep the run going and they keep the run going
How often should you change your tictacs?
Mine generally get exposed after 6 months or so. The only one that still works is the over-attacking one which guarantees conceding at least 50 goals per league season.
>>74534287
Fuck that teamtalk though. I don't care about any runs, just focus on the upcoming match.
>>74531271
Its been hours, m8. I need an update. Did you get sacked or what?
>>74534315
Sometimes it works better than just I expect a win. to say I expect a win to keep...
Other than that fuck it
>>74534311
If you have a good tactic you never need to change. just figure out why it's not working at some point.
>STILL no updated torrent
looking at the previous releases, this is the longest we've had to wait for a torrent ever. I kinda believe the rumors SI pays scene groups to not crack the game
!!!!!!!!!!!
>>74534501
Which, in all honesty, would be a smart move. It's a (pretty much) non-multiplayer PC game, it has a huge fanbase, and Miles loves the shekels. They probably make more paying the group and excluding third world players compared to the sales they lose by first worlders torrenting it.
(And I have to admit, every single FM I've bought has probably the best money spent compared to playtime ratio of any games I own.)
My local club just signed Bendtner. Is this real life?
>>74534601
Lyn?
>>74534636
>Rosenborg have signed Nicklas Bendtner from Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee.
how much do you guys think it was?
>>74534636
Rosenborg, it would be quite the sight seeing lord bendtner rip up norwegian 4th tier.
>>74534685
I would be shocked if we paid more than £1m for him.
>>74534708
probably is over 1m with a very good wage, knowing Bendtner
>>74534733
Knowing my club there is 0% chance he is paid more than 10k/week and we paid more than 1 million. We have just gotten out of a huge restructuring because of overspending.
Probably a case of Bendtner wanting a restart for his career and forest wanting his wages off the books.
>>74534768
10k a week would also blow up our wage structure quite a bit. So probably between 5k and 8k a week which would make him our most paid player.
We always spend low and sell high. 1 million would be a one-off splurge for my club.
>>74534768
Might be a man city type deal where forest are subsidising his wage to get some of it off the books
>>74534601
>Being so unbelievably shit that even Forest don't want you
Mitch?
oh, a five star. must be a christmas miracle...
The state of Bendtner's career. Not so much this move but everything after Arsenal when he still had SOME name.
>>74534922
>14 years old
how can i enable this
>>74534926
literally the white Balotelli
>>74534922
nevermind.
>>74534929
The age of consent in Germany is 14, and they have 14y old regens. Easy to remember.
>>74534934
except that Balotelli has his good seasons.
>>74534926
I still remember thinking he was going to become a decent lower-table prem striker during that loan move to Sunderland.
Weird looking back on it.
>Somebody actually went to the trouble of making this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJwdvPtO01o
>>74535026
There's a Georgios Samaras Man City highlights vid out there.
It no joke includes him warming up
>>74535058
Thats my night planned; looking for tributes of shit players having shit seasons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFkG3QXoMmw
>Full season skills and goals compilation
>8 appearances
>0 goals
You're good at literally everything else but what you're trying to do pogba ffs
>>74535133
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqjGp1YGKC4
>SuperEstrella del Futuro
CAN YOU PLEASE STOP
YOU'VE STOLEN AWAY 500M IN 3 YEARS
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW HARD IT IS TO PASS FFP WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY THAT MUCH MONEY
>>74535386
>dat career
>Retired at 29
>>74535387
Are you anywhere near the limit?
>>74535474
Yes because they keep stealing hundreds of millions away from me and I have to make £300m a season hoarding loan fees to pay off my wages, taxes, dividends and the board stealing my shit.
I don't even pay transfer fees anymore because of this. I only sign players at 0 + millions in future fees if a young player actually turns in to a first team quality player.
>>74535491
Nah I meant the total value limit, it's something around 2bn.
Is the game investing because it's close to breaking or is the board acting prematurely?
>December 12th
>Ditch my club after 8 years to join Chelsea because I'm tired of finishing 5th
>£35m transfer budget
>January 1st
>Transfer window opens
>"The board have decided to lower the transfer budget from £35m to £0"
>Sell all of their key players
>Sign a shit 20 year old from Preston for every penny
>Transfer window closes
>Resign
>>74535509
Oh. I only have 900m.
>>74535541
They're being dumb then. Dunno what to suggest, maybe it's taking precautionary measures because you could possibly make a billion in a year or something thick.
The obvious fix by si would be to just not have it affect FFP since it's something only done because you're running the club so well
>>74535561
I like that I'm projected to pass FFP despite having 250m taken from me last season and offloading a fuck ton of dead weight to make up 150m of it.
>>74535582
>make 600m
>they take 450m of it
wew
>>74535582
based board
>>74535509
It's not an actual limit, it's just a int overflow error.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2147483647_(number)#In_computing
>>74535607
There's a hard limit coded somewhere below it to make it impossible to ever get the error, once you hit the limit the board immediately start stealing money
>>74535454
Now he makes "music":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1rtKss9xXs
>those comments
>"You're lost my friend. God bless your soul."
>"You sing like when you played with the Real Madrid, Fucking sucks"
>>74535723
Damn. I always rated him too.
>>74535723
>Take low IQ nog with some athletic ability
>Give him 50k a week or whatever it was at Real
>5 years on insane wages to do absolutely anything he wants, develop any skill he chooses, go into business, anything
>Wastes it being a lazy cunt
>Gets a decent loan move to Everton
>Fucks it up by being a cunt
>Goes to Reading, isn't good enough
>Goes to Wednesday, isn't good enough
>Ditches football to become a stereotype
Nogs gonna nog
Is there a way to see what kind of brexit i got? Im in 2021 and think i may have missed the announcement.
>>74535979
Check the rules on the Prem SPL and NI prem
>>74535986
what am i looking for?
>>74536004
I think. It either hasn't happened yet or you just got soft brexit (nothing changes)
I'll load up my game (way before brexit) and compare
>>74535979
It's not guaranteed to occur before like 2026
>>74536099
oh, happaned in 2020 or thereabout on my first save so i thought it would in every save
>>74536004
It's not happened yet, nothing has changed
>>74536099
It's anywhere from 2-10 years so yeah until 2027 you might have not had it yet.
So you could do a LLM save hoping for hard brexit for the challenge and not even have it happen until you're in the prem
>>74536117
No, there are percent chances of it happening up until 100 in 2027 or so.
drinkwater thought he was too good for lincoln city when there was a transfer window open, now hes on trial. Would be the best midfielder in the squad, but my jewish board gave me a 6m transfer budget and just upped by wage budget from 300 to 440k which im still overspending on.
>>74536099
>>74536133
thanks lads
btw has anyone ever actually seen the united ireland brexit
Miles claims it's in the game but miles lies a lot
>>74536165
I've seen him say Northern Ireland can leave UK and remain in EU but that the odds of it happening are incredibly slim (which makes sense) but not seen him say anything about a united Ireland.
>>74536213
https://twitter.com/milessi/status/788327003871150080?lang=en
>there are people who still play with a Target Man
>>74536237
Will be stupidly slim chance if it is true though since just the odds of NI leaving UK is tiny, if memory serves its something like 0.02%
>>74536296
I occasionally use them when I haven't got anyone close to a CF or DF
The problem with Target Men is that they almost always get shit ratings even with the fixes to the system for newer fms
>>74535631
I definitely thought I had seen people with negative 2bn balances from overflowing, but I think the most recent was on fm14.
SPORTS AND LEZURE
SPORTA AND LEZURE
Time to lose on pens
>>74536155
forgot pic of drinkwater
>>74536716
Yep no way we could win 2 shootouts in a season
Our keeper reacted slowly enough to see the ball coming straight at him and then jumped out of the way for 2 pens
Holy shit waterlogged pitch postponement!
And I always got away with it too, if it wasnt for you meddeling danes
>>74536986
forgot pic
Y-yeah, I only have your best interests at heart
>>74537006
>Newcastle scoring goals for fun and pushing for top 4
>Everton relegated
Fucking typical.
>>74537150
Everton always struggle in 17
Koeman has been replaced by Guidolin in the first year of my save
>>74537202
how can this be? is the new ownership not in the db or something?
they were never amazing in past FMs but usually stayed in the top 10, from memory
Everton are doing just fine in my save.
>>74537202
>>74537247
>I've played 4 hours of /trb/ every day for 3.5 years according to my game stats
why lads
>>74537504
kys casual
>>74537504
>decide to get up to next game and stop playing
>forget this and start the game
>repeat for 2 hours
every time
>Bohemians knocks me out of the cup
>Bohemians knocks man city out of the cl
what have i created
>>74537432
Pics or I'll never, ever believe you.
>>74537504
>Yfw its March
>>74537748
tfw like only like 19 games max left in the season
>>74537648
the greatest footballing nation on earth?
>loan finnish pacebabby midfielder to another team in my league
>flip out at their manager when he isn't playing regularly, their manager backs down and agrees to play him more
>they're now sliding toward the relegation zone
>two of their actually good midfielders are unhappy and want to leave the club because they're not starting enough
I actually loaned him out because I think he'll develop into a good player, and included a recall clause in case he didn't play, but this is even better
Yikes
>>74538002
they got a win so it's still better than irl pescara up to that point
>rumour links me to a striker
>brazilian free agent who also qualifies for germany, where I'm managing
>6.96 average rating over 3 seasons with botafogo, mostly as a sub, but nobody else is chasing him
>his wage demands and agent are reasonable, he's a good player, I needed a hard-working right-footed striker, and he's basically the perfect signing
I'm sure I have some role at this club but I'm not always sure what it is
How did I win games before I had Thomas Lemar
FUCK
THIS
CHAIRMAN
>>74539201
>qpr
>16th in salary, 8th in the table
this must be an error, surely those should be reversed
Surprised at how well we're doing since I took over them in the middle of last season when they were hovering over the relegation places; and how our central defence consists of mainly 18 year olds.
>>74539390
are they good 18 year olds? your signings, or just whichever clowns were available from the reserves?
>>74539463
Mostly mine but one was already here. They are good attribute wise and have huge potential. I just thought that I would let in a lot more goals since Bayern demolished me 6-1.
>>74539519
I love Basque names.
N-now all I have to do is win CL and I'll be done with this save
I really shouldn't be starting another save but this one looks like it could be pretty fun.
Guess score
>>74540305
Had a save with them last year. Produced goat after goat which was great as I was doing a Turkroach only save.
>>74541083
0-4
>huesca still unbeaten
>two gks with 6 clean sheets
>barca scored already 95 goals but still 3rd
feels bad for barca d e s u
top boyzzzzzzzzzzzzz
>>74541083
3-3
took over Belgium with an average age of 28 just three months before the World Cup, wish me luck boyos
first match, 3 mins, here we go
>Go 1-0 up
>Concede this
>"That's his first goal for the club!"
>Go on to lose 4-1
Real life imitating /trb/
fucking city just won't stop sniffing around. i better give this cunt a raise and extend his contract.
What do custom kits even do? are they just displayed in the club-screen or do they also appear on the pitch?
>>74541498
Ligue 2 tenth best rated league, pretty cool.
>>74542287
>decisive centre-back
never seen this one before
This degree of shit must take conscious effort holy shoot
>>74542343
unless things have changed in the new version (haha), they just appear in the club screen. to get things to change on the pitch you have to download a custom 3D kit, which I understand is a much bigger deal to make
>China has plans to open 50,000 football schools by 2025, starting with a Ronaldinho-coached academy modeled after Barcelona’s famous La Masia.
Anyone else really want China to make it? I admire their dedication.
>>74542533
> decisions 18
shame about his determination and composure, but he's still doing the job for me. aggression could be better as well, but i compensate it with playing him on covering duty. don't think i'll let him leave, unless city offer crazy amount of money.
>>74542590
I think it would be great if, long-term, they succeeded just halfway
not enough to get anybody executed for failure, but after 20-30 years and trillions of dollars poured into the program, they're about as good as hungary
>>74542600
racist
kek Leicester are actually naming their fat assistant who just tells them to "do what you did last year" as manager
The players have total control
>>74542730
How do you know that he isn't just a good manager?
>>74542752
Because he would've managed by now if he was
He's spent his managerial career just following Pearson around
>>74542730
>doubting based Shakey
>>74542901
he's nailed on to be shit
look at the prem, the only consistent english managers are pulis and hughes
>Start career at York
>Leave in first season for Forest
>Get them promoted, then leave for Southampton
>Gone from League 2 to the PL in 1 year
LLM btfo desu
>>74542934
>Pulis
>English
>>74542934
>hughes
>english
what does this mean guyz?
>>74543081
It's a RAM thing
Used to get it all the time on my shit laptop
>>74543081
it means that the inter bratislava manager might be in danger of losing his job.
>>74543094
is it normal if I have 8GBs of RAM or is the game bullshitting me?
>>74543107
I'll take them over if this shit stops crashing
>>74543115
Post RAM usage.
we're going to do it
we're actually going to find a way to fuck promotion up
christ
>dislocated shoulder
>2 months
what?
>>74543139
idk what i'm looking at or if this is even what you asked, but the game is still not responding
>>74543202
Try closing some of your fifty-thousand Chromes to free more memory.
>>74543243
I can't right now because >studying and writing a paper for tomorrow
rip FM then
>lowest possible youth recruitment and coaching
>3/4 of my intake has 3+ stars potential because the seniors are so bad
lol
Just lost 7-3 lads. Worst loss in my whole FM career.
Having a good keeper makes such a difference in FM17. Shit keepers literally can't save anything but ratings still don't reflect that.
4 out of 7 goals were shots directly at the keeper and the 7th goal came because my keeper came out for a cross and got beaten to it by an opposition player. But for some reason that doesn't even count as the keeper making a mistake.
>tfw you forgot how upsetting heavy losses are
>finnish finishing
>>74543431
Maybe it was windy
>>74543444
that would excuse the first 5-6 fucking pathetic misses, but most people would adapt
Stable!
How come all the lower league teams in fm don't go bankrupt
every single one seems to operate at a loss
>45.52k
thanks boss
top kek, rosenborg paid £100k for bendtner and he gets 8k/w
hes gonna score 30 goals and be sold to china for 20 million
>>74543683
boards inject money
Got to a shitty cup final, every team we beat is either in a league too low to be playable or is a reserves side. Including the final
If we manage to win this and the league we might finish the season with a positive balance. If not we're 5k in the red
Fun!
ABONDON SAVE
>>74543803
>no money to hoard players
poor bastard
That's good though it's the only way the prem becomes a challenge
>>74543803
Why would that affect your save?
>>74543803
There's literally zero chance of this happening irl
>>74543822
european players have to apply for work permit
im relegation fodder in my first year in the prem.
>>74543911
and it makes all uk players more expensive due to demand
>>74543803
Is there a way to force the hardest brexit on a save? Want to do a LLM in England where England isn't OP.
>>74541520
>>74541206
Help
>score in the 45th minute
>still manage to concede two before half time
I want out of this existence
GREAT TACKLE MATE REALLY HELPING
>>74544246
>8-4
>belotti
why not play 5 at the back my friend
>>74544377
>going defensive
>ever
Alright lads. Which country should I start a new save in; Argentina or Mexico?
>>74544452
norway
>>74544377
4-3-3 every game mate
>>74544024
Can't pick a brexit at all and it's not determined at start of a save so you can't sim ahead to find out
Rubbish really
>>74544246
well
>>74544024
>>74544509
You can just tweak the percentages in the editor
Should I sign this guy? 23 international caps!
just gonna holiday this match, no chance we're winning anyway
>>74544883
dang you went to a phrenologist?
>>74544891
no surprise
napoli fans are pretty based
>>74544883
> 171cm, can't win a header to save his life
> 12 acceleration, 12 pace, i could walk backwards past this motherfucker
> 10 vision, doesn't see a pass
> 11 passing, even if he did see it, he'd give the ball away in the process
> 5 bravery, too much of a pussy to put a tackle in
> 4 aggression, doesn't give enough fucks to close a player down
why would you?
which match are you guys watching?
>>74545018
the only valid point you bring up is aggression to be honest
>>74545150
amazing atmosphere in naples or #wengout chimps wining for 90 minutes in london?
>>74545150
listening to norwich on the radio
end of season party continuing
>>74545150
gonna watch nippleli because they'll come closest to having a game
>>74545150
one of the rare cases where the only answer is to watch both
>>74545222
when do you think tettey will return home? Heard his missus misses norway.
I hope Arsenal score soon so we can meme about them having a chance
>>74545261
Could well be after next season. He's been declining recently and his knees aren't good enough for the Championship fixture list.
>>74545312
has he still been as vital as he was last year before the injury?
Hope we get him this summer
>>74545150
Obviously
>>74545325
none of our defensive players have been great in the last 18 months but he's been one of the less depressing ones.
>>74545326
>National Colesbian Athletic Association
THE MOST DANGEROUS LEAD
>dat Walcott
This could be the start of the most amazing comeback ever
>>74545303
GAME ON
The meme is on
>relel madrid
>real
the fucking post
>leave match going in the background whilst I watch CL
>play better than usual in the probable title decider
okay
3-0 Arsenal
Madrid go 2-0 down but score in the last minutes
it's scripted I tell ya
SICK red card. really good
both ties killed at the same time
>arselel
>>74547239
Yeah. Three weeks ago.
>>74547376
napoli would be in it if they could defend corners
fucking napoli
How can one defender be so based?
Please Bayern they have families
Bayern singing football's coming home the twats
>>74531271
>>74531505
looks like we might be able to turn it around lads, the young winger i bought at 4.2m is now valued at 13m with lots of parties interested, so that's the financia lside secured. but we're also winning games, this kid in particular has been a revelation and saved my midfield.
Currently 9th in the league, 54% stable board approach, just added another good midfielder to the squad on a free... things are looking up
>you now remember Renato Sanches
UEFA ruined this
I wanted Arsenal to be humiliated but instead the ref's ruined the spectacle
this is just embarrassing
> the absolute state of /arse/nal
that escalated quickly
If arsenal have any pride they should just do a legbreaker
I'd 10-2 be an Arsenal fan right now
>Alexis and Cech laughing
AHAHAHAHAHAH
>>74548620
Arsenal 10-2 lose by lots in europe
>>74548668
will we see this guy too?
>Lazio
>>74548650
>>74548650
two twinners at the wrong club
Do you guys think players who play the same position get along better in the post-game talks on the pitch where they meet eachother? Obviously goalkeepers have a secret special club, but I wonder if for instance the rightbacks of opposing teams get along more naturally than a rightback and a central midfielder of opposing teams
>>74549086
Cech is a Mourinho/John Terry babby. He's been shit for a while now.
And if he was really a winner he wouldn't have joined Arsenal. He didn't want a challenge. He wanted a comfy untested starting position under a manager who never gets questioned, at a London club, so he doesn't have to move anywhere.
Fuck Cech.
>>74549086
Cech couldn't get into any other club above Arsenal.
>go to flashscore to check out the final results (left after 55 or so minutes)
>yes I know the results of the first leg, please show me the results of the second leg
>arsenal ACTUALLY MANAGED TO LOSE 1-5 TWICE
Wait... Arsenal lost 1-5? I was at the gym and the Napoli match was on..
Been a long time since I've won anything by this much. Newly promoted shitters. Not even once.
>>74549665
Why don't you just get a instant result skin at this point?
>>74549716
what is that?
>>74549665
Why play with a 4-4-2? Surely you could get away with two more advanced wingers at least?
>>74549716
do you think he wants to skip out on bumfucking irish lads?
>>74549760
hehehe
>>74549756
Why not? It's a system that destroys even the best teams in Europe.
>>74549716
I do have one. It gives you different and most importantly significantly worse results.
>>74549756
come on dude, he's obviously playing a 451!
>>74549086
Cech is shit now, he can't save low hard shots anymore, his agility is fucked
>>74549832
It's probably the weakest formation in 17. T...this is 17 r...right??
Why is there such an insane amount of fake news around Arsenal always? Allegri to Arsenal, don't make me laugh. Wenger to PSG? please..
>>74549910
lol i cant afford videogames
>>74550043
In that case! Good for you playing 4-4-2!
>Arsene Wenger- we produced the game we wanted and we were really unlucky with some of the referees decisions that I don't understand.
>we produced the game we wanted
>>74550110
Arsenal were in control until the insane red
>>74549910
This. 4-4-2 just gets trashed by literally anything, I'm surprised that bongs are not outraged by how shit their formation is in this iteration.
>>74550127
shame old story
>>74550142
>tfw wanted to only play 4-4-2 in 17..
>17 has horrible spacing with midfielders
>so so close to being top class
WHEN WILL THEY LEARN
chill the fuck out city
Took the relegation favourites to the title by playing ultra defensive
I kinda liked it as a new way to play but I can see why nobody plays defensive, it kills the confidence of your striker because they almost never score more than 1 goal and nobody else really gets goals.
I'm gonna stick with it for the save but I can see why everybody plays more attacking formations. I could've lost a lot more games and still gotten more points with a possession oriented one.
Including cup games that were tied at 90 we had 17 draws in 35 games. Even with playing the matches quickly that's boring
>one of the best players in the world
>value 71M
>out for three months for a torn hamstring
fucking RIP
>>74550242
He's not even got the right atts to convert to sweeper or dm
>>74550330
He could make an OK DM if he had any technique and a bit more pace
>>74550369
Have you done a parade around West Belfast celebrating Maggie's life yet?
>>74550665
Let it go
>>74550690
Let northern ireland go
>sweat.jpg
>tfw I never got a better regen
>>74550690
Not until you do it lad. You aren't a coward like the IRA are you?
>>74551015
over the line
>injury prone 29 year old backup gets injured long term just as I sell him for £15m
>>74551200
before or after the deal went through?
still can't decide if I should spec into hearts or stamina in BotW lads
>>74551213
Before. Deal off. He was homegrown but too injury prone. Selling him before he loses his pace and is worthless.
One of the most admirable efforts by any team against me in years.
>>74551404
oh i get it
>>74551404
Mesut Ozil man of the match
>>74551422
Ireland GOAT
>>74551524
>Cafe
Would like to have a drink with him
>>74551524
>Drogheda
>Not superior Cork City
Pleb tier.
>>74551597
>Cork
>superior
>picking a team that plays to win 1-0 every came to compensate for the fact that they'll never be Dundalk and don't have the means to compete in any other way
Might as well suck Tony Pulis' cock while taking the ferry from Holyhead to Kerry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkOr9E5IetY
LETS GO BOIIIIIIS
>>74551880
its so pathetic, they were 1-0 up and got an unfair red card against the best team in the world.
fucking deluded fans
>>74551880
>posting this before /arse/
it's mad how people are obsessed with aftv now
>>74551906
please don't trigger me like this
>>74551906
I don't know, I think his handling of the Sanchez situation was pretty pisspoor. The guy needs an assistant that fills up his weaknesses.
Fucking state of the Canadian National Team.
>>74551947
how have you got an U18 Canadian?
>>74552028
He showed up at FC Metz without French nationality.
>>74552109
Giving him starts means I have to play my regular LM is his second position of CM and we tend to not perform anywhere near as well.
Doesn't matter because I'll waltz the league though. I just hope the irony of having a world class Canadian wingers come through in 5 years.
>>74541135
You give me some hope. I looked at the team and there's no money to spend and compared to other teams in the 2nd tier the roster didn't look that great. Without having any wage budget to maneuver with I'm not very confident of being able to get promoted in season 1.
>>74552213
It's a good thing I can afford to lose games when I win 30 a season.
>>74552276
Wow that was an odd game.
>>74551906
and then, instead of closing the game down, making sure they stay tight from behind first and foremost, to avoid another annihilation, because the players, the fans and the club in general can't afford that at the moment, he makes attacking subs and tries to go against /buyern/ with ten men. obviously the game was done and dusted there and then, but he probably wanted to prove a point, which just shows how lost he is.
>>74552319
Oh no, he tried to win a football match against the odds in the biggest tournament of the year, what a mong.
Fuck off, this result is meaningless after the red card, and people who think it speaks to his abilities as a manger are mentally challenged.
>>74552319
If you think he wouldn't have got stick for making a defensive sub then you're crazy
>WHATS DA POINT IN DAT BLUD?! WE 5-2 DOWN SENPAI! GO FER IT BLUD! NO POINT DEFENDING AT 5-2 DOWN SENPAI
>people think 10-2 is acceptable
It's gonna be fun when Wenger leaves and everyone realises that Arsenal have got shit players and nobody wants to join the club.
The rest of the country has some catching up to do.
>>74552707
Do you have any goals left? Or just to keep playing until bored.
>>74552770
Get Ireland 4 CL spots. Unlikely but eh.
>>74552539
they've still got sanogo under contract, I think, and he's going to be GOAT for sure
as soon as whilshere can definitely put his injuries behind him, xhaka stops picking up bookings, eisfeld develops and is re-signed from the 2nd bundesliga, and gedion zelalem turns into the world-beater he's officially guaranteed to be, they'll be unstoppable
>>74552993
memes aside, it's funny how Wilshere leaves Arsenal for a season and suddenly becomes injury free
>>74553042
yeah that is weird, hadn't really been following him too closely. people joke about arsenal injuries all the time, but if there's actually something going on there in training that's fucking players up and they haven't caught it after all these years, it's inexcusable
>>74551880
Neat didn't know Arsenal got rekt again.
>>74553558
Really wouldnt surprise me seems to happen quite often regarding US sports. Ex. PHX Suns considered GOAT medical staff with Chi Bulls being absolute dog shit.
this game is promising, any bets on the final score?
>>74554486
8-4
>>74554539
seems likely, i did lose 8-5 to swansea earlier in the season
>>74554539
>>74554703
can't believe the game is actually rewarding you for this tactical insanity
>>74554842
i think when i get a better squad i can win the league playing this tactic, right now im playing with championship level defenders
>>74554860
post tactics again please. Remember looking at them just didnt think they were insane
Then again I'm basically >stapler with my asymmetric tictacs.
send help
>>74554982
we are going to lose
>>74554965
This is essentially it, some roles may change depending on what players i have available. The big thing is that my two side forwards are set to roam from position, which makes them often drop a bit deeper and open themselves up for passes more like wingers. I think 90% of my goals come from one of the forwards smashing a pass diagonally in the box to one of the two other strikers.
>>74555007
reverse your tactics, change pressing, defensive linem passing directness and the width. Possibly also tempo if its on high or higher.
>>74555028
If you had the ability to change Wilson to a F9, your FBs to CWBs & have 1 BPD & 1 CD I would be completely erect. Sweeper Keeper would also be a bonus.
>nogk
Thataboy
END MY LIFE
END THE SUFFERING
my top scorer missed 2 (two) penalties
thus dies our chance of promotion
>>74555084
beggars cant be choosers, ive also got a >oneclubman who im gonna grow to be a half decent fullback in the prem.
The ideal iteration of the tictac would be CWBs as you say with two supporting forwards on top. anything of f9 DF or TMs would be good.
>>74555142
>my top scorer missed 2 (two) penalties
I usually end up subbing someone off if they miss a penalty because they always end up playing like shit afterwards.
>>74555028
>Instructions (7)
Don't be a pussy, use all of the instructions
>>74555142
did you follow my advice?
>>74555209
yes actually, most of it, although I didn't see your post in time
we were creating so many chances that I'm not sure it was right to change it, but we kept creating more, so I guess I just have to blame the strikers
>6.6
>6.5
>6.3
>5.3
>>74555243
oh wait, youre kiel? I thought you were st pauli
>>74555261
I'm kiel for the time being. promised everyone promotion, we were in 1st for 80% of the season, now sliding rapdily down the table. so I might be st pauli pretty soon
>>74555289
Only thing you can do now is get blackout drunk off whisky and listen to black metal to intimidate your regens.
>>74555338
alcohol and intimidation was weeks ago when this slump started. we're entering the domain of cyanide and mass ritual suicide now
>>74555562
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Step 1 to overachieving with a shit roster-
Sell your soul for loans
>>74556215
how much, in this case, was your soul worth?
are these super lig players?
>>74556245
They're all pretty shit. My team's media projection was 17 or 18th so any remotely decent player makes a big difference. Hardly any quality and no depth in this squad, plus no wage budget wiggle room to work with.
>first game managing
>4 woodwork, 2 CCCs, 3 HCs
>0-0 draw
>>74556215
Clearly didn't sell out enough since you still have your own players playing.
>Apparently a Uefa official has told Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho not to worry about injuries caused by the Rostov pitch as his players are protected by insurance.
TOP KEK
>>74542625
fuck off, joe.
>>74558628
Any idea if they brought their star players?
>>74558707
nvm I found it
Full squad: De Gea, Romero, O'Hara; Valencia, Jones, Rojo, Smalling, Blind, Darmian, Young; Carrick, Herrera, Fellaini, Pogba, Mata, Lingard, Mkhitaryan; Martial, Rashford, Ibrahimovic.
Place bets
2018
Also why does SI insist on calling the Netherlands 'Holland'?
this guy has earing on his cheek not his ear
it's going down to the wire
>>74558817
England 2 - 1 France in the final
>they see me trollin'
>they hatin'
>>74559167
forgot pic, naturally
>United announce partnership with stonewall (& lie about being the first club to do so)
>their african and arab fans turn on them
lel
https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/839143685728129026
>>74559182
>charity's name refers to events in America
>britain's LGBT in charge of having participated in anything remarkable
> top of the league
> 6 matches to go
> lose two in a row, conceding 6 and scoring 1
>/buyern/ close the gap down to 3 points
> alright, it's time for a team meeting, so we don't fuck this up right at the end
> squad mostly ambitious and professional, surely i can't go wrong with telling them that we're in danger of undoing our work, if we don't step it up
> "all 28 of us think you're being unfair, we're in great form at the moment, so our morale has just gone to hell"
jesus fucking christ, player interactions are such fucking aids in this cum slurping game, i don't know why i even bother.
>>74559171
paderborn fooking lets it slip! no title but auto promotion is good enough
>>74559300
>tfw slippery
>>74559404
YOU'RE MOTHER
NEW WHEN
>get promoted and win a lower league cup
>sponsorship goes down
this is new
>>74559404
>how did you feel about the final match as a spectacle?
is generally the most annoying question because players always fuck it up
file season under: Good Enough
some decent teams in the national that year though
>>74559610
I've still never ever won the first "a win will secure the title" match of the season
>Rolf "4 goals in 33 appearances" Smeets
>Rolf "like a dutch jamie vardy, except really shit" Smeets
>Rolf "doesn't enjoy big matches" Smeets
>Rolf "evasive, reserved" Smeets
>Rolf "couldn't hack it in the jupiler league" Smeets
nuevo:
>>74559792
>>74558817
Highly insulting desu, I don't even live in Holland. I'm boycotting next years FM if they don't change.