Fifa 11 Manager Mode Thread

[Glitter]

How is everyone doing on Manager Mode so far? Post your results, signings and league positions here.

I've just started my career with Stoke.

Signed Keiron Gibbs on Loan for the season to play LB
Signed Kyle Naughton on a 3 year deal from Spurs 3.6m RB

Just playing my first game of the season now after a mixed bag in Pre-Season.

Playing a diamond with Rory at defensive mid and Gudjohsen as my attacking mid with Kenny and my created player up top

[Dazzlerscfc]

Created players on manager mode are annoying!

[robscfc]

That's how you get him decent for clubs though.

[hooftastic]

can you still scout the world for youngsters? In 10 this was my main source of income. Can't currently see how to do it.

[Glitter]

Oct 1, 2010 8:44:38 GMT hooftastic said:

can you still scout the world for youngsters? In 10 this was my main source of income. Can't currently see how to do it.

I wondered the same, looks like it's been taken out. Probably because it was easy to get 80+ rated players for about 1mil a piece

[hooftastic]

Just read that you don't scout them anymore but you can get youngsters 'suggested' so maybe there is still a way to get cheap, young talent.

[jason]

Can I ask, why is the sprint barely noticeable?

[Glitter]

Oct 1, 2010 12:01:58 GMT jason said:

Can I ask, why is the sprint barely noticeable?

no, you can't ;D

[Dazzlerscfc]

Legendary on both board and opposition modes.

I think i'm 7th so far, Kenwyne Jones has scored 32 goals so far this season, the closest to him is Tuncay with 12 ;D

[Danstoke82]

Started my season with the Mighty Potters. Won all my friendlies against half decent opposition (Moenchengladbach, Sporting Gijon).

Signed Kieron Richardson on a season's loan to play left back, Jack Wilshere on a 3 month loan to play centre mid and amazingly signed Peter Crouch for £8million from Spuds.

My team: Sorensen;
Huth, Abdy, Shawcross, Richardson;
Pennant, Whitehead, Wilshere, Etherington;
Jones, Crouch

Subs: Begovic, Higgy, Whelan, Delap, Gudjohnsen, Fuller, Tuncay

First game of the season was Newcastle at the Brit which we won 4-0, goals from Jones, Crouch, Whitehead and Richardson. Followed by a trip to Old Trafford where we beat Man Utd 0-1, Ryan Shawcross getting the only goal with a header from an Etherington corner just after Ferdinand had been sent off for United.

[Glitter]

Jones and Crouch haha that's unreal. I bet you whip about 40 crosses into the box every match ;D


Jones had a severe injury and is out for 103 days on my game

[PenkhullStokie]

Sorenson
Hutton - Shawcross - Faye - Gibbs
Pennant - Delap - Wilshere - Etherington
Jones - Lukaku

Begovic, Huth, Fuller, Whitehead, Whelan, Gudjohnsen, Luddiatto(sp).

In:
Hutton - £4.5m - Defends brilliantly, attacks brilliantly. Scored on debut.
Gibbs - Season loan - Same as above, works well with Ethers.
Lukaku - £5.7m - Does the same thing as Jones but is only 17 years old. Scored 25yard wonder goal on debut. One of the best youngsters.
Wilshere - Season loan - Quick and skillful in the center, good cover for Ethers too.
Ludiatti(sp) - Free agent - 70 rated Argentinian striker. Just squad.

Out:
Davies - £1m
Soares - £1.1m
Parton - Season loan
Connor - Season loan
Tuncay - £6.4m
Sidibe - £1.5m
Tonge - £1m

Games so far:
(W) - 2-0 vs Bayern Munich
(W) - 2-1 vs Tynic Raselduch (some wank russian team)
(W) - 3-0 vs some crap Portugues team

Then first Prem game: (W) - 3-1 vs Wigan (Jones hat-trick)

[StokieMatt]

does anyone else feel really guilty for replacing stoke players?


i dropped lawrence on fifa10 n felt like shit ;D

[PenkhullStokie]

Oct 4, 2010 17:02:24 GMT StokieMatt said:

does anyone else feel really guilty for replacing stoke players?


i dropped lawrence on fifa10 n felt like shit ;D

Wasn't too arsed about losing Tonge/Soares and Davies.

Tuncay was abit hard because he can play: RM, LM, AM, CM, CF, LW, RW and ST. But i got a 17 year old replacement who is so much better for the way i play.

Sidibe was hard but on every Fifa game he is wank. I also replaced him with a 22 year old Argentinian free agent. ;D


: Just lost my second game to Arsenal 2-1. Damn.

[shiny nosehair]

- - - -- --- Sorro

Delap - Shawcross - Huth - Higgy

Pennant - Whitehead Wilshire Ethers

- Big Ken - - Pro


Hate how if you put Wilson in defensive mid his stats plummet

[PenkhullStokie]

I used to play Delap right back..

Huth is unsurprisingly shit at RB. He should at least be 70+ there.

[scfctilidie]

Im man city ;D

beat stoke in the fa cup final at eastlands, which i cant understand, the cup finals arent at wembley?

tuncay signed for real madrid for 8.4 million ;D

[ben88]

with stoke, signed leon osman and wayne bridge.

won first game against villareal 1-0

[PoisonedDonkey]

Loaned Fabio from Man Utd for left back. Jenas wouldn't accept my offer. Ugly cnut.

[robscfc]

I've signed Hutton, canella, darron gibson, james mccarthy, albrighton, kyle walker.

[stokingstokie]

As Stoke (obviously)-
SOLD Tuncay, Davies, Soares, Tonge, Sidibe
BOUGHT Pavlyuchenko, Hengbart(RB), Kovacevic(CDM)

Currently 7th on World Class with about 10 games gone. My created player is bagging me a ton of goals(11 so far) and the Pav has yet to score in the league but scored 4 in the cup against Shrewsbury.

Lineup:
GK: Sorensen
RB: Hengbart
LB: Higginbotham
CB: Shawcross
CB: Huth
CDM: Kovacevic
RM: Pennant
LM: Etherington
CM: Whitehead/Delap
ST: Jones
ST: Created Player(Fuller/Eidur sub on 60 minutes)

EDIT- Oh yeah and Gael kakuta from Chelsea as a replacement for if pennant/etherington get injured/suspended/tired.

[Danstoke82]

Oct 4, 2010 12:54:25 GMT Glitter said:

Jones and Crouch haha that's unreal. I bet you whip about 40 crosses into the box every match ;D


Jones had a severe injury and is out for 103 days on my game

Yeah although Crouch has been a bit disappointing so far, 2 goals in 7 games whereas Kenwyne has bagged 9 including a hat-trick against Chelsea away, and the winner at Anfield although Carragher and Agger were inspired against me for that match.

Agger injured Kenwyne and I lost him for the home match against Everton, starting Fuller alongside Crouch we lost at home 3-2, thanks to 3 deflected dodgy rebound goals, 2 from Saha who I wasn't allowed to tackle in the buildup and a Seamus Coleman goal where the PS3 basically switched off my back four. Gutted.

Still next match I beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge 4-0 so normal service resumed.

[flybyhopkirk]

I've turned into a draw specialist on this game. Not scoring many and not conceding many either. Although I am playing on world class

[Danstoke82]

I lost my second home game of the season last night thanks to some inspired defending by Gary Cahill.

Bolton scored in the last few minutes thanks to the PS3 fucking around with Shawcross's man-marking and every attack I had there was no way I could get past Cahill.

So thats Cahill, Vidic, Carragher, Agger and Bassong as the best centre backs in the world according to FIFA 11.

[jason]

I'm in europe via the league cup.

[PenkhullStokie]

Sorenson
Hutton - Huth - Shawcross - Gibbs
Pennant - Kouyate - Wilshire - Etherington
Jones - Lukaku

Faye, Walters, Delap, Whitehead, Fuller, Gudjohnsen, Luddiatto

I HAVE JUST PLAYED THE BEST GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED
Stoke vs Man Utd.

I set up the team like usual, but with Etherington and Pennant sitting deeper than usual, and with Jones effectivly in the AM position. I played counter attack and got 2 goals in the first 20minutes.

Jones cut in from the left, curled it into the right bottom corner only for Vidic to slide in and take it to the bottom left corner leaving Van De Sar stuck. The second came from Lukaku one on one and curling it around VDS.

Jones then missed an own goal, although it was a tough angle.

For the next 70minutes i didnt have a shot on target, i couldnt get it out of my half. We defended like trojans. We were amazing.

Shot after shot Sorenson saved. Block after block Shawcross made. Berbatov hit the post twice, and Rooney hit the bar. But i knew we'd win.

Delap came on in the second half, and took every throw in to get it up.

Walters and Pugh came on the wings to defend. We hoofed it like anything.

We won.

It was amazing.

[gilberto]

ive got it on world class.

just reached the semi final of the fa cup and stand 9th in the league at the end of march.

pissed me off when pennant disappeared!

team is

sorensen
naughton
shawcross
faye
pasquale (some italian left back whose pretty good)
walters
parker
delap
etherington
jones
fuller/gudjohnsson

jones top scorer with 10 in the league. fuller's got 8.

oh yeah, ive struggled against the big 4 but i did snap arshavin in half and he's now missing the rest of the season ;D

[PenkhullStokie]

Im on Legendary but with World Class board difficulty.

Started with 7.something million.

Hutton has now gone up to 75. But Gudjohnsen down to 74.

[scfctilidie]

Got sacked early in the 4th season and took over at bayern

[ben88]

also signed nigel reo coker