Football Manager 2014 Discussion

Devil08

From the most recent posts it would seem the game is very unrealistic and it is developed by a load of mugs happy to just take our money. The game has been around for so long now it is inexcusable for them to release a game with so many bugs and of a shiit standard. They work on this every day all year round! How do they keep fcuking it up yet stil get away with putting it on the shelves!? Miles Jacobsen is a phoney!!

MrStuffins

A few people sound like they just need to be better at the game tbh

Lord TSC

Yeah, being honest, I'm not sure how to define between "Bug" and "Incredibly unlucky".

I was giving out about injuries in my first season, but in my second (other than the 9-monther to Januzaj), I've gotten away unscathed. Only the odd week off here and there. Though I know they've admitted there is an injury bug there somewhere.

As far as shots-to-goal ratios, that sort of thing has always been common enough for me, cause I always build quick attacking teams who get 100 shots, but I never expect (in game or real life) to have a 100% shot-to-goal ratio. Such tactics also tend to leave me quite exposed at the back, meaning yeah, I concede goals too, usually giving the other team a higher ratio. Again, that's common enough in reality too.

Devil08

Nobody wants their CB to be scoring 25 goals a season. It's not realistic or enjoyable. I'm good at the game, been playing it for 10 years! But there's so much about it that's unrealistic and the bugs every year are a joke

Tramps Like Us

What bugs are people talking about? Only one I saw was the fullback one which while annoying doesn't ruin the game. I've only had the normal injuries

A_Sober_Paddy

Devil08 wrote: »

Nobody wants their CB to be scoring 25 goals a season. It's not realistic or enjoyable. I'm good at the game, been playing it for 10 years! But there's so much about it that's unrealistic and the bugs every year are a joke

It's more of an exploit, so its actually you the user exploiting the game engine, its also somewhat fixed in fm13 and 14 from what I've seen so far

Lord TSC

Dammit.

Thanks to an awful run of games, I dropped from 4th to 8th in my final run of games at the end of the season. Board called me in for a meeting and demanded I get a run of 10 points from my opening 5 games of the season

Washington Irving

I must be incredibly lucky to have avoided all these bugs. One and a half seasons in and the only things I noticed were hitting the post 2+ times a game and CBs scoring a few too many goals (nothing like 25 a season, more like 7-10 each).

Have had one 3 month injury and a few others where players missed a single game. Wing backs have been performing fine in both 4-2-3-1 and 5-3-2.

Beau

This is my first time back into the game for about five years, is it normal not to have board expectations? Haven't seen any news item and can't seem to find it anywhere.

token101

The transfer realism seems to have gotten a bit better, but some of the staff appointments are even more unrealistic than ever:

Tramps Like Us

lol! Wouldn't think he'd be satisfied getting paid a packet of crisps a week

Mars Bar

Another torn calf muscle. :mad: 5 month lay off for my right winger.

Mars Bar

Another two players out for 4 weeks, a twisted knee and a gashed leg.

I give up!

A_Sober_Paddy

Mars Bar wrote: »

Another two players out for 4 weeks, a twisted knee and a gashed leg.

I give up!

What level you playing at?

What level is your training?
What are your players Overall condition?
What are your players match fitness at?

What are your tactics...Hassle Opponents/get stuck in?

Mars Bar

I've finished playing for the night but I'll get back to that tomorrow!

Oat23

I'm having no problems at all, apart from conceding and winning a ridiculous amount of penalties. I'm not going to go back and count, but in the last 50 games I've played there must have been at least 25 penalties. I had one game with 4 penalties, 3 for me and I missed two .

Before the last patch I was hitting the bar from crosses a crazy amount, but that isn't happening anymore.

Lord TSC

Board: "If you want to keep you're job, you need 10 points out of your next 15"

Next five fixtures; Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal, Man United, Liverpool.

Wooden Jesus

Opposition teams are shooting from crazy distances against me. Plenty of 0-0 draws with other teams having 30+ shots against me. Its irritating to watch players belting shots from 40 yards

Kylo Ren

I'm still going on FM12.

Might get it at Christmas on sale and after they patch the bugs.

Yakult

Mignolet out for a month and in comes Jones. Was conceding quiet a few goals opening 5-10 games, until I brought in a few Defending coaches and that seems to have helped a bit. Now all that hard work will be undone with Jones coming between the sticks! Shop window time I guess!

Beau

How are people finding the game speed?

I picked a a lot of unplayable leagues but still had a 4 and a half star rating for speed but it still takes about 5 mins to get through a week without doing anything, is that normal?

GavRedKing

Check your subscriptions, I'd usually just go with news from my division and nothing about player/manager/goal of the month it can all slow your game down as your inbox goes mad with pointless filler.

I found cutting this can speed it up as your usually free to go between games and only do pre and post match interviews most weeks.

Beau

GavRedKing wrote: »

Check your subscriptions, I'd usually just go with news from my division and nothing about player/manager/goal of the month it can all slow your game down as your inbox goes mad with pointless filler.

Cheers, was thinking that myself! I'm getting so much rubbish I'm finding I'm just pressing continue and barely glancing at what comes up. Having a big shortlist dosen't help! I'll have to sort that out.

GavRedKing

Beau wrote: »

Cheers, was thinking that myself! I'm getting so much rubbish I'm finding I'm just pressing continue and barely glancing at what comes up. Having a big shortlist dosen't help! I'll have to sort that out.

I try keep my shortlists fairly short, unless its end of the season when I look who i need to bring in then I'll keep them on a 3 month short list and instruct the Scouts to report back once a month, seems to keep it flowing fairly quickly too.

Mars Bar

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

What level you playing at?

What level is your training?
What are your players Overall condition?
What are your players match fitness at?

What are your tactics...Hassle Opponents/get stuck in?

I'm league 2, Exeter, bottom of the league.

Currently training Fitness at average intensity. 30% of the time is on match preparation. 26 players are happy, 16 players are content and 20 are unhappy.

Hassle opponents is one of the tactics. The rest is all about retaining possession.

All of my regular players are match fit.

A_Sober_Paddy

Mars Bar wrote: »

I'm league 2, Exeter, bottom of the league.

Currently training Fitness at average intensity. 30% of the time is on match preparation. 26 players are happy, 16 players are content and 20 are unhappy.

Hassle opponents is one of the tactics. The rest is all about retaining possession.

All of my regular players are match fit.

You have them on fitness during the season?

Also wat sort of condition percentages are your starting 11 each game? Would you ever play players whose condition was below 90%...If so how often and how low would you be willing to go(85%, 80% lower?

Mars Bar

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

You have them on fitness during the season?

Also wat sort of condition percentages are your starting 11 each game? Would you ever play players whose condition was below 90%...If so how often and how low would you be willing to go(85%, 80% lower?

I tend to change the focus weekly.

No, never play them on fitness lower than 90%, even if my squad is thread bare!

A_Sober_Paddy

Mars Bar wrote: »

I tend to change the focus weekly.

No, never play them on fitness lower than 90%, even if my squad is thread bare!

Fitness during the season can lead to trouble, but as long as your not below at the start that's good...

Do you play with a high tempo?

What sort of conditions are your players at 70 minute mark?

If you are playing high tempo pressing game and your players stamina is poor your'll find yourself getting raped with injuries well that's what I've found in previous editions

Mars Bar

**** sake. Another left winger out for two months with a twisted ankle. :mad:

Mars Bar

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Fitness during the season can lead to trouble, but as long as your not below at the start that's good...

Do you play with a high tempo?

What sort of conditions are your players at 70 minute mark?

If you are playing high tempo pressing game and your players stamina is poor your'll find yourself getting raped with injuries well that's what I've found in previous editions

At half time, they were all in and around 80%-83% in my last game.

I have two tactics, the last one where my left winger got injured had a much higher tempo in a 442.

I mainly use a 4141 and that has a much lower tempo and I'm getting the majority of my injuries then.

On the bolded part, surely there was a better term to use than rape?! Hate the way Souness has made it "cool".