Old thread: >>74390577
"Useful" /trb/ related links:
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Macca's official /trb/ database:
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2016: http://pastebin.com/7e3Vv0ap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi7gwX7rjOw
>>74429288
Good afternoon lads.
This is a nice transfer for once. Koziello is my best midfielder pure stats wise, but... he simply does not perform as well as others do, especially Ascues. I always struggled to put him to use, although I have some fond memories of him, like when he bossed the midfield area on his own in a cup-semi where the other midfielder picked up a red card, and where he scored a 30 yard bloot in 120+1 to win me the game. Good times.
But getting a net 21.5 million for him is just insane, he can be replaced by half-decent midfielders for 5-8 million. Fucking nice.
I hope my DoF will put some of the money into a great CB.
>>74429317
This here is the player. I managed to teach him some nice PPMs over the years that made him better, but still not that great. Selling him after reaching the CL final without him in the first eleven is a good deal, his value was inflated.
>>74429317
>winning the champions league
I sold a player for 30m to Atletico with an after 5 games clause for another 3 or 5m. It was originally 50 games but I changed it. He played one game <.<
>>74429354
Amateur
Happy pancake day lads
>>74429378
wew
Literally cannot hold on to a striker for more than a year. Why is it always the strikers ffs?
>>74429555
rather lose a striker than a playmaker 3bh
Nevermind, my DoF just signed a monster I believe.
>>74429596
I disagree, it's much easier imo to make your team play well than to find a striker that can make the impossible happen.
What a God
until_we_score.jpeg
>>74429403
>store bought pancakes
Then what's the fucking point
>>74429596
I play either strikerless or midfield heavy formations and I usually intentionally sell my strikers every year
There's just so many ST regens compared to other roles
>>74429615
diving cunt
>>74429677
What did you mean by this
>>74429682
>>74429677
nvm, just realized that he's not a regen but a real human being
>>74429676
Did someone say midfield heavy?
>>74429670
>tfw hate pancakes
>>74429690
I kinda want to try a formation of
f9
treq x3
RPM x3
Regista x3
It wouldn't work but it would be fun to watch
>>74429677
Him and Celina both look pretty decent
Shame they'll never make it to the first team
FUCK
THIS IS THE ONE DEAL THAT I WOULDVE VETOED WHAT THE FUCK
WHY DID THIS TRANSFER GO THROUGH IMMEDIATELY REEEEEEEEEEEEEE HE'S BY FAR MY BEST PALYER AND I ONLY HAVE TWO FUCKING CBS LEFT
>>74429613
>Ünal
>monster
Can't even dominate the Eredivisie, nice try though.
>>74429682
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi_4CnHsm_0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTBnBkVVNrc
but yeah he'll be great if City don't ruin him
>>74429727
Ghoochannejhad or Jahanbakhsh
Club legend Freddie Ljungberg has left Arsenal to join Wolfsburg, as an assistant to new manager Andries Jonker.
miles pls
>>74429403
>Not just making pancakes yourself
I've had these pre-made pancakes before, they taste terrible.
>you will never call Van Basten a pancake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9ELMfNAVBQ
Just spent over £50m on a player for the first time in my 12-year FM career.
£105m for Griezmann to Arsenal in summer 2017. Not sure how I feel about it to be honest lads.
>>74429908
what is your net spend though
>>74429908
Terrible, not least because you're playing on easy mode
>>74429908
>playing as arsenal
just fucking kys
>>74429944
>mfw
Post Africans
Why can't I choose my captain for the season?
>>74429955
saving your own reaction pics is really a special kind of narcissism
>>74429924
It was like (£40) before I bought him.
>>74429925
>>74429944
I never usually play as Arsenal but I fucking hate Wenger in real life and need to bring glory to my team.
>>74430094
£40m
>player has 3 goals in 4 appearances
>all from corners
>came off the bench for all of them
I have a super sub
>increase training intensity
>more players get colds
hmm
>>74430238
>player unfit, recovering from broken nose
>give him 90 minutes in a reserve game
>twists ankle
any beard packs for 17 yet?
>>74430339
Just hire a female assistant and don't ever talk about kissing men "for a laugh" and nobody will know mate
>>74430358
giggled
Art are you ready to die for FM?
>>74430358
hehe
>>74430402
I'm not Turkish, so no
>>74430402
what transfer windows are still open?
>>74430410
http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/statistik/transferfenster
>>74430410
think China's closes today
>>74430410
the chinks
>>74430496
umm excuse me, I would have thought playing a game where you deal with players from all across the world would have taught you not to be racist like that
>>74430402
>giving a shit about the winter update
Fucking plebs.
>>74430586
one doopin frond
>>74430596
It usually kills my saves
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And stops genie scout from working
>>74430405
>I'm not Turkish
>>74430410
Lots of them, China, USA, Sweden loan window in England (I think)
In truth there is never a time when all windows are closed but they obviously want to do as much from the playable leagues as they can since otherwise people will bitch and moan about various missing transfers.
>>74430631
Go back to Portugal
>>74429378
God dam
Any idea when 17 is going on sale again?
>>74430405
Why lie on the internet
>>74430785
crepeswell is good. not convinced about the others
sugary neville made me want to die a little bit
>>74430416
Kyrgyzstan transfer window is open for another 217 days, well i guess we have a lot of wating
>>74430852
Do they just have a 364 day window and one day with it closed?
tfw you concede late and score even later
Wasn't sure whether to praise or bollock my players, went for the bollocking
>>74430992
Oh shit the big leagues discovered my one good academy regen
>>74430819
>Any idea when 17 is going on sale again?
cl final
>>74431346
fug
>>74431442
it's a guess desu
might go on sale before then but that's the earliest I would bet on
>>74431445
They might do one for the update when that comes out (probably next few days) just because they tend to have one around thsi time of year whether it before pancake day or transfer window update. But yeah if not then CL final probably like you say.
Ched Evans is a predator
Won a penalty shootout despite our best taker having an attribute of 9 penalty taking
>run the sink for the washing up
>come back to find we are 2-0 down at half time to 21st place
I literally can't believe this happened. I seriously don't remember pressing start and wouldn't have just walked off. I feel sick. My season is over right there
>need 1 point from the next 2 games to guarantee we win the league
>if my star striker scores another goal I have to pay him a 26k euro bonus
hmm
>>74431740
reload :^)
>freddy adu
>>74429407
>>74430750
they paid out about 140m of that before selling him to spurs for 25m
>real life imitating /trb/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39119114
http://www.raithrovers.net/28856/club-statement-3.htm
>>74431556
He was GOAT on FM10.
On my save he joined West Ham, with Jack Collison playing in the AM who became the Welsh Totti.
Then this happened, with Wales being managed by Robbie Savage.
>>74431772
Think everyone in Brazil would kill themselves if this actually happened. Either that or everyone would be buying shoulder fired anti aircraft missiles from drug lords to shoot down the team plane when they would get back.
>>74431772
Didn't even realise Simon Church plays in holland now. Weird
>>74431772
>>74431770
>having a keeper in the squad
too bad, I'd like to follow that, but I start work in half an hour
>>74431831
there'll be a periscope of it i'm sure
>>74431816
>38 games for Wales
>3 goals
At least we'll always have bantz like these:
https://twitter.com/haschurchscored
what's the biggest stadium that ever happened in your save?
>>74431877
think ive seen barca with over 100k avg attendance
>>74431772
>Jack Collison
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/jack-collison-interview-the-story-of-one-footballers-broken-premier-league-dreams-a6725626.html
>Instead I find myself searching. Searching for something to fill that void, something to recreate the extraordinary emotional highs and lows you experience during 90 minutes of kicking a ball around.
Somebody gift him FM on Steam.
>>74431877
Leeds with 105k.
>>74431934
that would be cruel
Did a prime Nistelrooy deserve a 20 finishing?
>>74432037
not sure about that, but absurdly high composure and anticipation anyway
>>74432037
19 Finishing
>>74432076
19 Composure, 17 Anticipation
>>74432076
If you aren't sure with 20?
Are you sure about somebody who does deserve a 20?
That prize money almost feels like a pisstake
>>74432037
More than Ba did that one time
>>74432098
Batistuta. But with 12 Composure.
>>74432098
Messi? Maybe Martial develops into 20, Podolski perhaps, it's a tough one to call.
>>74432160
This. Every single fucking time this.
>>74432179
If he has 20 finishing then he also has 0 composure and 5 penalty taking
nice arrows, shame he's shit
>>74432194
Those are FMRTE arrows but he's so shit I won't accuse you of anything.
>>74432102
Oh and prize money related question
Does it increase if competition rep increases?
Because logically having a CL winner in a competition would bring in bigger sponsors for the competition itself
#thank you goal line technology
>>74432231
I think it's tutoring-related
I've been called a fake news peddler for it before, but I think players get some sort of little training boost when their tutoring finishes. his ended badly but I literally clicked on his profile the second the "falls out" story appeared in my inbox and that's what I saw
>>74432191
19 Composure, 18 Penalty Taking
>>74432261
Interesting.
>>74432160
He was so fucking good.
But also something magical about Nistelrooy who was so average at everything except for being a fox in the box.
For me, it's Das Phantom
>>74432231
>Those are FMRTE arrows
WRONG.
>>74432231
You can get them with professional players
>>74432231
given that he's 14 and german it's entirely possible it's legit
If you created the perfect player for any role.
What stats would you give him and what role?
>>74432552
midfielder, all attributes 20
>>74432552
That player already exists. Haven't you heard of Jair?
We did the preseason double of league cup and community shield equivalents!
>>74432619
What about Stanis?
>>74432552
>>74432552
I already have the perfect roaming playmaker
Huh? There's a Monaco (country) he can play for?
>Transfer whiny bitch of a player in October
>He signs with PSG a week later
>Day before winter transfer window opens his knee explodes and he's out for 8 to 9 months
lel
>first game of the season
>miss 2 pens
>best player injured for 8 weeks
ree
>>74432882
How long is the season in Iceland?
>>74432868
Yes, but they're not recognised by FIFA
>>74432907
22 games in both tiers.
But the preseason league cup is 7 games in groups and then potentially 3 in playoffs, so there's not too much hammering space bar.
>>74432868
Literally 5 people live in Monaco, and they are all apart of the royal family
>>74433009
Bullshit
There's way more than 5 formula one drivers
with finishing like this newcastle isnt going to even promote this year
>>74433021
max verstappen
max verstappen
max verstappen
max verstappen
max verstappen
>Reina
the fuck is that Dybala celebration
WHAT THE FUCK
>Goal keeper runs out of box with the ball
>Lobs ball forward
>Striker kicks ball before it touches the ground and scores
Its so satisfying to see things like that.
>>74433733
>This does not fucking slip now
>>74433683
>this does not fucking slip
>shiteon albion
>>74433683
karma for lynposting you fuckface
>>74433818
Would gladly trade positions in the league
>>74433908
are you villa too?
>>74433917
>Villa
No, they can actually win
>>74433945
I dont remember, wigan?
>>74433958
>>74433974
my condolences
>>74433917
Are you Benjamin Button? Because you quickly came in and knew everyone and everyone's gimmicks but as time progresses you seem to become more of a newfag
>>74434020
i think hes einar
>>74434020
what team do i support?
hint: its not lyn
>>74434039
>>74434053
god damn
>>74434053
What division are they in? I'll manage them in the 23 division database if they're there.
>>74434020
>Benjamin Button
Who? Do you mean Jenson Button, the former F1 driver? I don't get it.
>>74434119
Essex Alliance League apparently
>>74434130
Go watch a film sometime or read a book
>>74434053
norbro man you just got fucked
>>74434358
How ironic of you to say that.
>>74434381
i got cucked man that's different to fucked
>>74434404
anna's snapchat
>>74434404
Figuratively it's the same.
So my main RB's knee's exploded again and I got a notification that says he's thinking about quitting. Is there a way to force his hand and make him retire?
>>74434643
get him to become a u18 manager and have him take your place when you retire.
>Lost 4 cup finals in a row
I don't know if I'm overachieving in reaching so many cup finals (5 in 4 seasons) or choking.
Kind of want to sell my entire team, lads.
Lads? What's worse, FMRTE or Genie Scout?
Best AMC wonderkid in FM17?
Is £21million too much for Brazilian Lincoln?
>>74434854
Resign
>>74434920
It's better to just uninstall FM
>>74434937
Who? That kid from Gremio?
>>74434920
Both do the same shit
>>74434937
>asking for cheese
why not go into the editor before starting a save and giving you 25 players with 200 CA and PA?
>>74434920
Both are kill yourself tier.
>>74434937
Pulisic
>>74434965
Pulisic sucks and is overrated because he's young and american
>>74434970
Who rates Americans besides American casters being paid to pander to American audiences?
>>74434989
As you've said, Americans.
>>74434989
Literally nobody and I wish the pundits would stop doing it.
>>74435020
The only Americans I rate are Brooks and Pulisic which are both fairly proven quantities at this point.
>>74434963
That's cheating
>>74435048
And why is it better when you find out which player is the best PA-wise and then buy him? might as well just use genie scout, find out which regen has the highest PA, and buy that kid.
>>74435038
>I rate Brooks
>>74434920
FMRTE is a win now tool
Genie scout is a get the best players now if you know how to read stats tool
The CA/PA readings can be deceptive if players have wank attribute distributions. It's why some genie players never learn what good looks like
>>74435089
Brooks is a legit good defender with superb Jumping Reach and Heading, and good tackling. I'd welcome him at Dortmund over Ginter.
>>74435097
I had a player in youth intake with high potential but terrible stat distributions. Every top club wanted him and he kept moving between top clubs but they never played him.
>>74435038
You should only r8 Brooks in FM, not real life
>>74435144
I got a kid now, he's got the highest potential in the country and a good overall but he's drastically worse than the mediocre guy I play opposite him because that dude has decent distributions
Back when I did do Genie Scout I found so many 180+ PA CB's, FB's and Strikers who were utterly useless over their careers because of shit attributes and height
>>74435180
Have you ever actually seen Brooks play outside of the nt?
I haven't played a long save in 17 yet
Do you get told about which brexit happens even if you aren't managing in the UK?
Because I have a harsh EU player rule so I need to know if I should bother with UK players or not
>>74435118
>Ginter
>A centeback
Choose one
I honestly stopped watching Dortmund because of players like him and Thomas ''lmao 3ATB ftw'' Tuchel
>>74435211
You won't get noticed. And why would you hire UK players anyway?
>>74435221
Wales and scotland shit out a lot of okay regens, who often cost nothing
>>74435195
I only follow him in FM because he's good for jersey sales. Otherwise I don't know shit about him
>>74435237
FM underrates him a touch, nothing to really complain about, but personally I think his determination, pressure, work rate, and professionalism should be higher.
He (and Pulisic) felt like the only regular players at the end of Klinnsman's tenure that were actually trying to play to win. Every other nt player seemed to be half-assing it. He's rated (according to Transfermarkt) as Hertha's highest valued player at 10m euro as a 24 year old cb.
Doesn't have a single red in his club career, and in 6400 minutes played in the Bundesliga he's amassed a grand total of
>>74435350
I clicked submit before finishing typing while changing tabs.
He's amassed a grand total of 13 yellows (roughly one every 490 minutes).
On the whole I would say if you're American and don't rate him I would ask you to leave.
>>74435350
I can tell you that Germans generally rate him as a good (but not special) defender. I've liked him for the past two years now and I think he's one transfer to a decent cl-club away from finally being acknowledged as good CB, like Sokratis back in the day.
>>74435375
As an American, a good player who isn't solely based on pace is a special player.
we're winning the CL this year la, I'm feelin it
Can't wait for Leicester to be nerfed and for Pulis to be buffed
>>74435372
Jesus christ that nigga is all legs
Was perma second all year, but City decided they felt like choking the league
>>74435510
>spurs
>>74435534
I don't feel the least bit bad about it either
>>74435550
>>74435211
>Do you get told about which brexit happens even if you aren't managing in the UK?
Yes, you get noticed and told what kind of brexit happend.
>>74435440
nice
>>74435550
>>74435441
>Pulis
He's buffed as fuck on 13. He was in the title picture until the last 10 games of the season. Wrecked my shit twice, too.
>>74435510
>spuds
>>74435211
yes
KILL
ALL
LUXEMBOURGIANS
>Samp
What the shitting fuck
>>74435858
desu in both my FM17 saves, Everton were relegated in 2016/17. I think that's even better
>>74435858
>>74435922
I looked up the season preview and they're actually like fifth favourites to go down so it's really just a case of bad SI research
>>74435971
Juventus not winning is the real error :^)
>>74435999
Yeah but that's them buying into the inter hype, fm even rates gabagool
>>74435971
What the hell? It's not like the EPL is an obscure league, how can they make it so likely for Everton to go down? Their chances should've never been higher than Leicester's or all the other shit clubs.
>>74436028
I meant samp, Everton are solid midtable. They really shouldn't go down with lukaku being so good
>>74436044
For me in 16 Everton start bouncing between the PL and the Championship every year starting in 2018. No idea what their problem is since they always seem to have some pretty decent players
Everton finished 5th in 19/20 (last year) on my current save. Currently sitting in 6th in the middle of February
hmmm
>>74435858
SAVE THEM
>>74436247
>per annum
post one-touch football
also please don't ridicule me for my shit webm-making skills
>>74436842
>>74437037
What a fucking rocket of a shot
>>74437037
beautiful
So IWB's are more broken than CWB's last year
Before my wingbacks got a few assists, now they're my top scorers
I know this is old news but I didn't realise just how broken they were
>>74437189
they'll fix it next year ;)
>>74437215
>>74437189
desu, the most fun part of every new version of FM is finding out what's the most broken thing about the ME
>>74437256
Imagine the bitching if SI ever got the match engine perfect and nothing was broken
>>74436842
Post FM related webms
>>74437305
Thats all I got
>>74437350
>Palito
Whew bby
>Best Formation in Football Manager
>"Hey guys, so I went undefeated for 28 games, won the league and CL in my first season!"
>"Also we scored 102 goals in the league, most teams just couldn't deal with this formation at all!"
>Playing as Barcelona
>>74437350
Don't even need to watch the rest of the webm to know who wins that show.
>playing in a country with two pro teams
>every single cup draw has "IN A DRAW PITTING A SEMI-PRO TEAM AGAINST..."
They're almost always matches with semi-pro vs semi-pro but fm's news treats it like we're playing in the FA Cup where it's a rairty
I downloaded fm17, i use genie scout consistently, and i also reload everytime i have a injured player/really bad result
May i post here?
>>74437759
welcome back lad, we didnt miss ya
>>74437759
hi figo
>>74437759
kys, have a necromancer from /x/ raise you from the dead and kys again
>>74437759
You'd have to be very obvious to be caught :------)
>>74437759
only if you do another chelse/a/ save figo
>>74437783
>>74437759
Just don't admit to using them and no one will know the difference. I'm convinced most of the regular posters here reload when things don't go their way
>>74437795
this. and find another jimenez
One time i had a really good player, he was trained in my youth team (I always save the game before my youth team is presented so i can reload the game until a world class player appears) bu he had a really low contract clause (+-50kk). So i add like 10 offers from many clubs. I obviously didn't feel like losing him. So i added a new coach 10 times in the clubs that made the offer to break down the transfer and retired immediately after. I then proceeded to win the champions league (reloading approximately 20 times) and now the player is "happy with the recent increase of the club size".
Did i do well?
>>74437914
>So i add like 10 offers from many clubs.
i had*
>>74437827
>weeabo
>>74437914
>I always save the game before my youth team is presented so i can reload the game until a world class player appears
get out
>>74437914
people like this is why i post mid match im important matches
>>74438096
You assume we care. Stick showing your dick to the girls you work with
>>74436842
>>74438187
Or kissing boys to show how """"accepting"""" you are
>>74438223
I don't think what he does with boys would be considered kissing
>>74438266
einar you need to end yourself
>>74438266
People always downplay just how far they go when it comes to things like that, so I wouldn't be surprised if he went down on him as well
>>74437822
You need to take the lows so the highs seem higher.
>Have a 110 million pound transfer budget
>1.82 million wage budget
>Only need to buy a backup cb
What do?
>the city of Nvidia stream at Twitch and Facebook
>>74438266
I'm 12 and what is this?
>>74438475
find a comedy south american cb with absurdly high technicals/flair and dubious defending ability
>>74438495
Norbro loves himself some penis
>1080 Ti is 699
I might get this in summer instead of 1070.
>>74438507
So progressive.
Was it worth it?
>>74438820
Tanking the season to get Raineri fired?
>>74437914
I think that's common in challenges like this. I was paying with Juventus and my results sucked. After that I started a Real Madrid save and added managers to other clubs so that I'd get their best players. I won the UCL after reloading just 3 times in the final.
>>74437914
you know you could have just cheated this by setting an asking price below the release clause and rejected all offers
>>74439030
I literally never thought of this. Fucking hell.
>>>71753847
>>74439150
>>71753847
>>74439165
Fuck I am literal cancer at trying to post shit from different boards.
>>74439221
like so
>>>/wsg/1550071
Which keeper?
>>>/int/71753847
Will there ever be a version of FM where English players aren properly rated and not so god dam expensive?
>>74439410
So you want the game to be less realistic?
>>74439307
use genie scout bro
>>74439462
No, I want the English to not be so dam delusional.
>>74439496
Why bother when all of my scouts are 20/20
>>74439410
Until game developers from other countries made a game as good as FM, no.
>Just bought a cb
>7 feet tall
Manlet strikers beware
>>74439608
>7ft tall
>Strength: 4
>>74439683
>in4 Norbro starts bitching about the keys on his keyboard sticking
>>74439515
English players being expensive is correct though.
Them being good is something of the 70s though.
>>74439937
>though
>though
someone delete me
>>74439272
That's a cute bird thanks senior olive oil
>>74439950
delete yourself, preferably from life
>>74439962
I fucking love birb threads.
>>74439976
God damn I should get another love bird, favorite pet I've had outside the dog that killed it. Our cocktail was a prick, same doggo killed it and was really only upset with how much cleaning I needed to do during the aftermath.
>>74440067
lmao he deserved to go to dog jail
>>74440094
She was a prick and deserves to go to doggo purgatory but fuck you for assuming her """"gender""""
>>74440151
Fuck you for assuming her gender. It could be a gender queer nonbinary otherkin for all you know shit lord.
>>74439683
wtf where did you find this picture of me?
>>74440094
That probably falls more on Flair than the dog, desu.
" There is over a 90 percent correlation between teams’ wages and their results, according to analysis of teams’ spending and results from 1973 to 2010 in “Soccernomics,” a book by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski. That leaves less than 10 percent to be decided by other factors — who its manager is, injuries, scouting and plain old luck. In English football from 1973 to 2010, Kuper and Szymanski found, only 10 percent of top-flight managers consistently overachieved when wages were taken into account. A very select few managers do make a difference, but most have a negligible impact on how a club performs."
So what's the point of LLM when it's not realistic?
>>74432265
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbSB8BTxURU
Who /slaveowner/ here?
Must suck to not retain the title by GD
>There must be no more than 7 foreign players in the first 11
Anyone else hates leagues like this? Especially when that nation doesn't produce enough good regens.
>>74435581
Fuck i thought i was the only one that noticed that
>its an England wins the World Cup episode
Decent enough to be honest. Nice to see a meme country win it every once in a while.
>>74441757
wrong pic?
>>74441840
Yup.
>>74441760
It's a nice challenge but I can't resist hoarding good foreign regens so yes it becomes frustrating.
>>74441857
That's what I mean. I can live with being able to have a squad with EU-only players but If you aren't even allowed to have that then it's hard.
Lads, it's the third time I'm doing this, but I need suggestions for a save. I'm starting to consider going for Lyn if I really can't maintain a fucking save for more than 3 years
I want to get into Football Manager
Should i buy the last edition? If no, what was the best year?
>>74441885
FM15 is the best version so far.
tfw in so many competitions that they're breaking up into little squares
Why doesn't fm remove the ones that are already done?
>>74441885
FM17 runs a lot better for me than 16 did
It's got a few small improvements but it's worth getting the latest for the performance boost
I'm new and doing a formation, what should i think of when i want to make a balanced formation?
>>74439030
I think i love you.
Not sure if I should be pleased or not
Minsk were big favourites but their goal came from a fluke deflection on a free kick.
Really just want to make it far enough in the europa to turn pro
>>74442250
I think we're fine
>>74442066
Try literally whatever and then modify as you need to
>>74442449
>4-1 underdogs after coming in with a 2-1 lead
>win 6-0
Man our rep must be insanely low
>win CL group with 15 points
>Barca fails to win their group
>'okay let's just avoid Barca'
guess who I drew
" There is over a 90 percent correlation between teams’ wages and their results, according to analysis of teams’ spending and results from 1973 to 2010 in “Soccernomics,” a book by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski. That leaves less than 10 percent to be decided by other factors — who its manager is, injuries, scouting and plain old luck. In English football from 1973 to 2010, Kuper and Szymanski found, only 10 percent of top-flight managers consistently overachieved when wages were taken into account. A very select few managers do make a difference, but most have a negligible impact on how a club performs."
So what's the point of LLM when it's not realistic?
Managers are nigh-useless.
>>74442497
Roma
>>74442520
we are the 10 percent
>>74442497
buyern
>>74442520
This just in, teams that pay the most gets the best players. More at eleven
It's also a retarded analysis because it doesnt take into account that the teams that are paying the most for players most likely will have the best managers as well.
>>74442520
90% of managers being bad doesn't stop 10% from being good
You have to remember that most managers are basically Tim Sherwood
>>74442520
So they did all that research and ended up just proving Sturgeon's Law?
lel
>>74442520
I think a FM "game" manager does a lot more than a real life football manager would ever do.
At least, you have more influence.
absolute filth.
>about to go over wage budget due to forgetting about a free transfer
>35 year old with ligament damage retires to free up the budget
What a hero
Now I can even sign players
>Real Sosobad
> ask winger to man mark the full back on his side
> ask him to mark him tight as well, to absolutely make sure he doesn't let him go
> lets him go, doesn't track him all the way back and allows him to cross, which ends up costing us a goal
I don't know why but we're better away in Europe than we are home against shitty icelandic sides
(And just generally we're great in cups and shite in the league)
So how do you guys feel about paying 29m for a 16-year-old
>>74443154
>paying 29m for an out of position pacebabby winger that can't cross
wtf
>>74443154
if I was 100% sure he wasn't injury prone or already near his peak, I wouldn't be too opposed to it, in his case
Which player has the most goals scored ever as a percentage of his the goals scored by his club in a season?
>>74443458
This season Cavani so far (47%)
I don't know where to find old data
>>74443486
of those with 15+ goals that is
>>74443486
Defoe (Sunderland) has 58% iirc this season.
>>74443458
I think Benteke was literally the only villa player with more than one goal some year
>>74443486
Wolfsburg 2008-09
80 Goals all season as a team
Grafite - 28 goals
Džeko - 26 goals
54/80 = 67.5%
It's a duo, but still.
Also, Dixie Dean scored 60 of 102 Everton goals in 1927-28. That's 58.82%.
>>74443527
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZnYloe5rhw
good times
>>74443534
>Grafite - 28 goals
>Džeko - 26 goals
they were so fucking good
I miss that team
>hasebe
>gentner
>schäfer
>benaglio, back when he was great
>>74443458
I remember Theofanis Gekas scoring 16 goals out of a total of 32 for Frankfurt in 2010/11.
>>74443527
I don't think he scored a very high percentage.
There are bigger poeachers who get at least 50% of all team goals.
Benteke is closer to 25%.
FC Oss currently has a guy who scored a little over 50% of Oss's league goals.
>>74443574
I meant, a total of 31. So he scored 51.61% of their goals that year.
Erfurt has 19 goals in 3.Liga currently, their top scores has 10 goals.
>7 areas yet to assess
>assign scout to watch him for 2 weeks
>there are now 9 areas yet to assess
what did he mean by this? did I like it? really makes you think
I thought retarded cross goals were fixed?
>>74443659
That's on your GK desu
>>74443732
Their GK
We scored it but I'd be fuming if we conceded something like that
who /OFC/ here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_2XsuXMdPg
17.3.0
http://www.footballmanager.com/news/football-manager-update-2017
>>74444130
MY DICK
>>74444130
>Fixed World Footballer of the Year award
It was already fixed
>>74444130
>wingers not fixed
>cm's not fixed
Nice SI. Guess this year will be the 4-3-1-2 year.
>>74444154
kekked
>>74444130
So, literally no match engine changes? great.
>>74444184
The match engine is the best it's ever been!!!
>>74444166
>>74444184
>>74444192
>SI say they won't fix the issues in a patch
>you are still surprised when they don't fix the issues in a patch
The state of this league cup
>>74444166
>>74444184
We'll see, wouldn't put it past them to tweak things but not mention it because they just get even more stick if they claim its fixed when maybe they've made it worse.
>>74444215
I'll take a look, give me 5 minutes
>>74444212
>beat arsenal and man city
>can't beat sunderland
are you sure wigan weren't being managed by a human player?
>>74444215
Actually give me 10 because I'm still downloading
>>74444130
Shit I was just about to sell a player and fmrte in a replacement ;)
Top lel. Oxlade-Chamberlain would literally have to move abroad if this happened IRL.
>>74444467
If Colombia lost they would have literally killed those who missed
>>74444215
>>74444573
Good point
>>74444192
Not entirely wrong, but that really says more about the competition.
None of my saves are really hitting the spot so I'm thinking about making a new one just because the new update is out.
Who should I play as lads? Preferably a top flight team. LLM is long.
>>74445074
Get Swansea a European title.
>>74445086
No British teams either, sorry. Might do that for a different save though.
>>74445074
Shamrock Rovers
>>74445074
Go Ahead Eagles
>>74445074
Freiburg
>>74445161
Go Ahead Eagles it is then. Never managed in Holland before.
>>74445074
if you want a comfy save, rb leipzig is a decent choice. newly promoted side with some good young talent and bags of cash, so you should be able to cuck /buyern/ within a season or two.
Fucking don't have any opposition in the league anymore and it's only the 3rd season.
Still shit in Europe though.
>>74445229
actually nvm, I'll start it on the weekend
>>74445520
stop triggering me pls
>>74445625
The league format is too annoying for me to manage in Belgium for a long time anyway. Just move to a different club.
>>74445645
just the cute head physio alone makes it worth it, lad.
shame i had to let her go though.
>>74445631
they are eredivisie
>>74445731
Why would you have to let her go?
>>74445656
Even with the points being cut in half at the end of the season, I'll still have at least a 10 point lead probably with 10 matches to play.
Also, based cup football tonight. Rooting for SP-AR-TA
>>74445774
sexual harassment claim LOL
>>74445774
she has a boyfriend, so she's no use to me with those shit stats.
>>74445757
Obviously I know that, but I still want the other leagues lad.
>>74445731
>playing mentality: adventurous
>>74445856
She can tease the fuck out of your 14/15/16 year old regens and make them enthusiastic about training before their professionalism kicks in.
>>74445801
It's constantly playing the same teams more than I'd like to that gets boring.
>>74445074
xolos tijuana
>>74445856
>not wanting her around to improve your regens' training performance because they want to impress her
I always tried to impress female teachers at my school
>>74445919
not going to lie, i'd man mark her goofy looking ass anytime.
>>74446141
She's pretty cute, for a masculine germanic chick.
Are sponsorships directly tied to reputation or is it more nebulous than that?
>>74446447
Just rep but consider that there are 3 types of rep, local rep, nationwide rep and continental rep (maybe 4, feels like worldwide should be there too but maybe not) and also the rep of competitions you are competing in is also a factor.
Oh and the corporate facilities at your stadium.
>IWB scores a last minute blooter to win the tie
Holy shit
>>74446555
I think I'm gonna base all future recruitment around wingbacks with long shots
It was a wasted attribute before but now it's amazing
>>74446555
>>74446580
>draw Lorient in the playoff
Well that's game over for us, Europa League being so heavily seeded is bullshit. It's incredibly hard for a small team to even make groups.
And then groups are guaranteed to remove them
https://streamable.com/k4jnn
jej
>>74446751
Coop de france is always fun
>we're unable to cope with the numbers in midfield
>bravo
lmao
>Poop
>>74446978
too soon
The ball literally went through bravo's body
He's a ghost
Bravo is unironically the worst goal keeping signing of all time. League one quality keeping but he's good with his feet.
Reminder that Valdes has more clean sheets in the Premier League this season than Valdes
>>74447095
*than Bravo
Fuck
>>74447095
>>74447095
FM17 is better than FM17
>>74447095
Fm12 is better than fm12
>>74447070
Keepers need time to settle and they signed an old man
Should've just fucking kept the other guy they signed and immediately sold
>>74447157
Rulli? It's one of those shady deals though, think they put down a deposit more than actually buying him.
>>74447184
He was third party owned, they bought him and then loaned him with saucydad having an obligation to buy and city then having a buyback clause for 3 years in the summer windows
It's shady as fuck
>>74447095
I think FM16 is way better than FM16
>>74447243
>>74447184
Sure I heard a story of City buying a guy from the A-League just to loan him out to Melbourne City just because A-League teams can't sell to each other
>>74447299
They changed the rules because city were exploiting them so hard
That's why Mooy is now on loan at huddersfield
>>74447299
>>74447243
What is it with City and Chelsea and their shady deals?
didn't know huddersfield had an nba team
>>74447348
FFP workarounds
refball
>>74447348
Chelsea-Vitesse relation is very shady but almost none of the players actually became good.
Matic, but he was sold to Benfica first so doesn't really count.
Traore looked decent but is now looking average at Ajax.
>schalke
>>74447492
Lewis Baker any good? All the England youth coaches say he is the best of them all.
>tfw had to sell him for £50m because of a release clause
Worst part about it is that I only got about half of that money because of a sell-on clause. It's not like I need the money but it's the principle.
ogre
>>74447669
>selling özil for 50m
sounds ok actually
>>74447669
>>74447697
Le Ozil
Huddersfield could've given away five pens by now lol
This is fun
fucking hell lads it's literally my manager's 100th year birthday and these guys are celebrating it with a team meeting even though we won 0-4 last week (yes we are underperforming)
Regen day. This guy might be fun.
we did it
>>74447978
>motivating 1
>>74447978
did you holiday in between or play everything
>>74447299
>A-League teams can't sell to each other
what kind of bullshit rule is this?
>>74448053
I did holiday :(
>>74448108
Jesus lad
During the last 14 games, my team has created 39 CCCs and 43 HCC, while my opponents have created 14 CCCs and 16 HCC.
Now let's say half-chances are as valuable as half a ccc.
That gives me a score of about 60 and my opponents get 22.During those 14 games I've scored 29 goals and conceded 16.
That means I need 2.07 CCCs to score a goal, while my opponents only need 1.375.
tl;dr don't let Miles jew you out anymore.
>>74448372
It's to do with composure and shit
I hate CCC's because I have shit strikers who can't deal with one on ones
>>74448372
Not every player is the same mate.
Your logic only applies if everything besides ccc/goals is exactly the same
I score a shit ton from cut-backs (no CC, usually)
Never score from a through ball (saved or missed) (CC)
>>74448372
>The state of this logic
>>74448552
I scored so many goals in 16 from through balls with Shadow Strikers
>>74448730
yeah after this save/team I'll try it
>>74444586
>Those half-spaces
>>74444184
They hadn't fixed the crossing in 16.3 either 2bh, I had no hopes about this.
Had to sell my super-sub Jap for £57m due to a release clause as well. I didn't get ripped off did I?
>>74448372
>tl;dr
FM's ME can't process HC and CCCs correctly for them to be an useful statistic.
>>74448924
>Not always keeping a decent Jap around for the novelty
poor show lad
>>74449092
¬_¬
lel Bale
Ronaldo will save them, right dutchbro?
Is it ok to FMRTE the perfect one dimensional poacher?
Just that one perfect tap in expert who's just useless at anything else.
>>74449235
for fun and testing, why not
>>74449188
Of course he will, but mr disbaleful is making it difficult with his antics.
Now an extra man can mark Ronaldo.
>>74449188
>>74449266
dubs confirm
placing bet now
Why can't Aguero speak English yet? Always seems to be the Argies
Based Les Palmers
>real
lel 3-1 now
AHAHAHAH
it's funny because missi won't be able to win the cl anyway
whats wrong with cronaldo
Where is Butters when you want him?
>>74449539
his knees are fucked
>tfw I started a Las Palmas save yesterday
Who /lifelong/ here?
>>74449639
theyre a genuinely good team.
>>74449639
They're the closest thing I have to a spanish team, don't really like the league but they're cool
>>74449705
how can it not be eibar?
ole
bale is a no good bullshit bastard
>tfw your keeper will never be this upset at allowing a goal
http://deadspin.com/keeper-gets-way-too-mad-about-giving-up-goal-1792863871
not a penalty in a million years
>>74449910
Well no spanish ref would be allowed to send Ronaldo off for diving again
i like halilovic
>american commentators refer to ronaldo as CR7 and benzema as benz
fuck off
Overload doesn't work does it? It feels like they just force the issue, I want them to take higher risks if I'm chasing a goal and move players up field, I don't want them to just start shooting from any position
TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
oh boy
refballed again
>>74449955
demand more from the sidelines aggressively does more than overload imo
>>74449955
>I don't want them to just start shooting from any position
well that's all you're gonna get. also less highlights.
>lel palmas
What did I tell you?
Ronaldo is the best player in the world.
Fact
>>74450068
no Las Palmas just gave up
>>74450068
>Ronaldo is the best player in the world.
>Fat
Fixed it for you
spanish reffing is a joke
>>74449955
overload is more defensive in application than contain
>>74450132
Of course it is a joke when you can appeal yellow cards
>>74450068
dont you get tired of spamming that shit?
>>74450132
You are a joke.
>potential to be one of the most gifted players to come through the youth ranks
>3.5 stars
>in league 1
>manlet CB
fuck off
>>74450068
>>74450226
could we not be homophobic please?
Does he only turn up here to ronaldo post or is he lurking pretending to be sensible the rest of the time?
>>74450210
tfw all my good regens are strikers or wingers
tfw I want a classy midfielder
>>74450260
latter
>>74450243
I'm sorry norbro, I forgot we had practicing homosexuals in the thread.
>>74450284
we do? havent seen the archiver for a while
>>74450284
Norbro practises it
Macca does it professsionally
>>74449596
I'm here
>>74448108
post WC winners
>go to re-sign player
>player's agent wants a contract above my wage cap so talks break down
>he scores twice in a game
>agent demands a bigger contract
>starts negotiations at a price I can afford
Has this ever happened to anyone else? It was weird
>>74450319
Can we set Norbro and Macca up and they can adopt some regens together?
>>74450327
Only after you islanders fucked it up
>>74450344
I was watching it on TV.
And I was rooting for Las Palmas tBh, ofc I hate them when they play Tenerife, but I'm always happy when a Canarian team does well.
They will never match Tenerife's european history though.
>getting asked questions about a relegation battle because I have 3 games in hand
ffs I'll be in the european race if I take 7 points from them
>>74450457
but what if you lose them all.
>>74450457
inb4 relegation
>>74450513
>>74450548
implications
also we started this game with an in the tunnel interview about relegation and we're finishing it in 5th place because of the comedically small 12 team league