Any top tips for Footy Manager 2012?

The deluded Mr Turner · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:55 am

Just wondered if we could keep a thread going for best players etc. Played this for years, started my career on a Spectrum and kept going.

Heres my tips so far- played 7 with Pools, won 4, drew 1 lost 2.

Top signing Jamil Adam-unattached, used with with Barnsley- 7 appearances 9 goals-to hat tricks- Boydy has 5 in 7.

James Tavernier at right back-1 goal, 3 assists in 5 games on season loan from Newcastle.

Early days yet-fourth in L1 and spanked Charlton 5-2 after going 2 down with 3 from Jamil Adam- could this be a omen for Saturday??

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

brandy, if you can get him before oldham, quality league 1 striker.

jason banton, good winger formally of liverpool, blackburn and arsenal. Turned into england international on last game.

Michael Woods - good centre mid will only sign for you in about october once he realises no one else wants him.

I started as pools as i always do and i was terrible, sacked by december 31st, got the swindon job 2 days later n have now got them up to 2nd, brought monkhouse with me. Take that pools!

dykey · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:05 am

As stated i usually try a shite side and try to get some loan players in.If its East Stirling ill try to get some youngsters from Celtic or Rangers

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:08 am

Counago is a decent player as is james beattie, I'm 2nd after about 15 games

monkeybutt · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:10 am

Top Tip

Do not play players out of fecking position banghead

dykey · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:16 am

finally downloaded,im off to give it a try

The deluded Mr Turner · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:22 am

Good one mate-once game is saved steam saves etc and then loads up quicker than before-I think the huge database and 3d is slowing me up but....I'll keep it going...

Get Jamil Adam and see what you think-a grand or so a week gets him. Also just taken Curtis Main from the Boro for the season and no wages-after Halliday from boro but "has no intention of going to Pools!"

thetownendfaithful · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:18 pm

I'm in mid november and 3rd with pools, brought in Nathan Baker (centre half) from Aston Villa, Alex Nimely (striker) from Man City and signed a centre midfielder called Michael Stewart who is probably my best player also Brown has bagged about 10 already :grin:

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:25 pm

So were all doing well with Pools, but Yubep did terrible, hmmmmmm........

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Geeks.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

misterb2001 wrote:

So were all doing well with Pools, but Yubep did terrible, hmmmmmm........

To be fair i think im just too big for them, the players couldnt respond to my very advanced tactics.

Compo · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:54 pm

you sound like scotty

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

this was how good brandy was for me on fm11

PJ_Poolie · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:41 pm

Yubep wrote:

this was how good brandy was for me on fm11

How do you get the pictures of the ground in the background?

I used to love that about the old school Championship Manager games!

ziggysawdust · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 295

Aye sign Brandy, sign Michael Stewart on a free as well, use him as a creative midfielder.

Put Browny on the right wing as an inside forward, he gets about a goal a game for me there.

Flog Collins, pop Liddle in defence, Sign yourself a new left back, Horwoods decent but not up to the job.

Replace most of your team when you hit the Championship as well, The only original Pools players I have are Austin and Flinders, and Austins on the bench.

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:18 pm

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Geeks.

Aye

Block B Blues · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:21 pm

Grave wrote:

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Geeks.

Aye

Concurring yawn2

ziggysawdust · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 295

We may be geeks, but when was the last time you lot saw Hartlepool lift the European Cup? EH!

I wish I had real friends...

The deluded Mr Turner · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:39 pm

After the second half yesterday football Manager is better than the reality ! Some good tips so far my list of targets is building.

ziggysawdust · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 295

misterb2001 wrote:

Counago is a decent player as is james beattie, I'm 2nd after about 15 games

Beattie is shite, Was paying the twat 3 grand a week and he made Behan look like Pele. Had to get shot of him in January.

ziggysawdust · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 295

Oh and there's a 21 year ond Portugese lad you can get for about £700 a week in your second season that's bloody amazing. Can't pass but he's pacy as fuckery and a decent finisher.

yloop · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:47 pm

I might buy this, where's the cheapest place to get it?

ziggysawdust · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 295

£22 here.

http://www.365games.co.uk/pc-games/foot ... -2012-game

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:54 pm

ziggysawdust wrote:

misterb2001 wrote:

Counago is a decent player as is james beattie, I'm 2nd after about 15 games

Beattie is shite, Was paying the twat 3 grand a week and he made Behan look like Pele. Had to get shot of him in January.

my man management skills must be better than yours, he needs a constant ego massage :wink:

8 in 10 for me so far :grin:

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

PJ_Poolie wrote:

Yubep wrote:

this was how good brandy was for me on fm11

How do you get the pictures of the ground in the background?

I used to love that about the old school Championship Manager games!

the short version is go to your c drive, documents, sports interactive, fm12...

then create a file called graphics

create files within that for backgrounds, kits, skins, faces etc etc

google all the pictures or go to fm base, sortitoutsi.net or the sports interactive forum and pimp your game up till your hearts content.

and then it should look summit like this...

ziggysawdust · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 295

misterb2001 wrote:

ziggysawdust wrote:

misterb2001 wrote:

Counago is a decent player as is james beattie, I'm 2nd after about 15 games

Beattie is shite, Was paying the twat 3 grand a week and he made Behan look like Pele. Had to get shot of him in January.

my man management skills must be better than yours, he needs a constant ego massage :wink:

8 in 10 for me so far :grin:

He probably didn't fit with my playing style. I just relied on Brandy and Brown for goals in my first season and stuck Nish in as a target man. Donny got relegated as well so I managed to sell Browny for 600k and get hold of Billy Sharp for near nowt. He's costimg me a fortune in wages but the man's a feckin goal machine.

Lord_of_Stranton · **Joined:** Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:48 pm **Posts:** 1852

Just bought the full version today. Yubep is bang on the money with Michael Woods, unfortunately as Plymouth I couldn't get him. Not really a player tip, but if you use 'Assertive' and then the 'I completely believe you've got what it takes one' it always gives a positive reaction. Really useful at half-time when you're 2-0 down to Cheltenham, realised Warren Feeney is shite, slow one-footed and you should have sold him
rage

But Curtis Nelson for Plymouth is phenomenal, 19, could play in League One already

ziggysawdust · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 295

Oh, forgot the most important thing, get the best scouts possible, aim for around 15CA/PA, if they're obscure you'll get em for a pittance. Then get your scouting range expanded, they'll tell you to fuck off unless your job's very secure like.

Your scouts'll find you some excellent european players that you can get for pennies, and every now and then they'll turn up with a phenominal regen. In 2011, one of them found a 16 year old lad with the best physical stats I've ever seen, they were all over 10 and his pace and acceleration was 20, got the wee bastard for about 275k and he was in my first team for the rest of his career.

Scoutings the way forward, it makes the game piss easy.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

concurring with the scouts, got about 6 coming back to me all the time from random assignments with gems.

PJ_Poolie · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:49 pm

Cheers!

ziggysawdust · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 295

Looking at my save game, Kelly Youga is superb at left back in League One, and that Portugese lad is Esamel Goncalvez, not sure if you'll be able to pick him up during your first season, but you can get him on a Bosman in your second.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

just got jlloyd samuel for 5k from blackpool in march of first season, quality signing.

ziggysawdust · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 295

Oh, this may sound evil but if you need to trim a couple of grand off your wage budget you can always just sack the entire youth team.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

hmmmmmmmmm tempting

ziggysawdust · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 295

Unless your rich enough to finance a decent recruiting network, and get decent facilities, they're bloody useless anyway.

Plus, if you can afford a decent youth system, chances are you'll have a reasonable wage budget to start with.

Lord_of_Stranton · **Joined:** Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:48 pm **Posts:** 1852

Must admit, it's my first time getting Football Manager on the PC, always been a FIFA Manager man myself, 1 hour on the demo of FM12 showed me the folly of my ways. So can anyone help me with the editor? I've downloaded it from steam yet whenever I don't know how to use it. I clicked 'Load Database' but it just showed everything as empty. I Googled it but I didn't have much luck

returnofaido · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:51 pm

i would suggest that you package your console and ALL football related games up in a black bag and throw them up the fookin garden. then go and open your bedroom window to let some fresh air in. then actually go outside, talk to some girls and GET A BASTAD LIFE

ziggysawdust · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 295

FM12's a PC game.... PCs aren't consoles.... idiot.

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:55 pm

returnofaido wrote:

i would suggest that you package your console and ALL football related games up in a black bag and throw them up the fookin garden. then go and open your bedroom window to let some fresh air in. then actually go outside, talk to some girls and GET A BASTAD LIFE

You're right, people need to get a grip

FFS in CM both Jon Daly & Colon Nish are decent players, it just ain't real!

TropicalPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:39 am

yloop wrote:

I might buy this, where's the cheapest place to get it?

The internet...usually on your favourite torrent site, cost=FREE!!!

My question....is it worth getting?? I have FM2011 so is this an improved game or is it just more up to date stats??

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

slight improvement and tweak mr tropical.

Well worth getting.

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:47 am

Just started with Pools last night

Signed Jamil Adam, Counago and Michael Stewart....Brandy turned me down to go to Oldham, won all preseason but haven't started league yet

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:49 am

TropicalPoolie wrote:

yloop wrote:

I might buy this, where's the cheapest place to get it?

The internet...usually on your favourite torrent site, cost=FREE!!!

My question....is it worth getting?? I have FM2011 so is this an improved game or is it just more up to date stats??

Every Football Manager is worth getting :grin:

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:19 pm

Before I upgrade to 2012' can anyone recommend any good buys for 2011?

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:25 pm

For pools?

ziggysawdust · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 295

Febian Brandy, James O'Shea, Joe Lewis, John Fleck, Shane Steffanuto, Chris Wood, Danny Invincible, Yannick Vervalle, Sam Sodje, Cristophe Berra, the list goes on.

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:29 pm

monkeyhanger66 wrote:

For pools?

Aye

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:33 pm

ziggysawdust wrote:

Febian Brandy, James O'Shea, Joe Lewis, John Fleck, Shane Steffanuto, Chris Wood, Danny Invincible, Yannick Vervalle, Sam Sodje, Cristophe Berra, the list goes on.

I should of said for nowt......

ziggysawdust · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 295

For nowt, Vervalle, Invincible, Brandy, think Steffanuto's on a free in your second season as is Sodje.

Plus, if you see a player in a Premier League reserve team thats valued at something like £60k, they might well give you him for nowt. Worth a punt.

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:40 pm

Febian Brandy..Goal machine
Callum Davenport... like a rock in defence

Both free's

Any top tips for Footy Manager 2012?

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