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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2018 3:42:46 GMT
Beta out now for it if you pre-ordered. I'm thinking of getting it on my Switch instead in November.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 7:03:25 GMT
Zach Clough Barry McKay Cristian Gamboa Joel Pohjanpalo Anders Konradsen Birkir Bjarnason Gaitan Bong
New signings in my first season (Bong and Gamboa loanees) Zach Clough, Joel Pohjanpalo and Barry McKay been revelations.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 7:27:30 GMT
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Post by mattador78 on Oct 24, 2018 8:14:01 GMT
True fantasy football lol
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Post by rockthecity on Oct 24, 2018 12:41:50 GMT
True fantasy football lol i would take that lol
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 14:39:03 GMT
True fantasy football lol Let me tell you I don't know if it's the beta of the game or they truly have programmed Williams and Shawcross to be just as wank as real life but it was a struggle
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Post by JurgenVandeurzen on Oct 24, 2018 21:00:23 GMT
Started this today, the Stoke players are little bitches.
Shawcross moaning about lack of leaders now I've sold Charlie Adam - fuck sake.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 21:58:33 GMT
Started this today, the Stoke players are little bitches. Shawcross moaning about lack of leaders now I've sold Charlie Adam - fuck sake. Shawcross is toss. I've just sold him for 7 mil or so after getting promoted. I dropped him for half a season and sent Williams back. Wimmer is still decently rated. Berahino did the usual not turn up for training shit so i sent him off to Feyenoord on loan not having it.
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Post by clarkeda on Oct 25, 2018 5:49:32 GMT
Started this today, the Stoke players are little bitches. Shawcross moaning about lack of leaders now I've sold Charlie Adam - fuck sake. I had this when I sold fletcher too. I can’t find a tactic that works seem to win one lose one so far
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2018 6:35:39 GMT
Started this today, the Stoke players are little bitches. Shawcross moaning about lack of leaders now I've sold Charlie Adam - fuck sake. I had this when I sold fletcher too. I can’t find a tactic that works seem to win one lose one so far I think that is just the nature of the league. Look at my end of season table, Villa won and they lost 10 I got promoted from the playoffs and lost 16
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Post by mattador78 on Oct 25, 2018 6:37:34 GMT
Started this today, the Stoke players are little bitches. Shawcross moaning about lack of leaders now I've sold Charlie Adam - fuck sake. I had this when I sold fletcher too. I can’t find a tactic that works seem to win one lose one so far Is that you Gary?
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Post by clarkeda on Oct 26, 2018 20:49:55 GMT
I had this when I sold fletcher too. I can’t find a tactic that works seem to win one lose one so far Is that you Gary? 😂😂
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Post by clarkeda on Oct 27, 2018 19:52:48 GMT
I literally can’t get over how shit all 3 CB are. I’m at my wits end. May throw souttar in.
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Post by mattador78 on Oct 27, 2018 21:06:39 GMT
I literally can’t get over how shit all 3 CB are. I’m at my wits end. May throw souttar in. I’ve been playing 2018 this week managed get rangers to the europa final. Then my three centre halves gave 7 penalties away (seven) 😵 against Arsenal
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Post by clarkeda on Oct 28, 2018 20:48:44 GMT
I literally can’t get over how shit all 3 CB are. I’m at my wits end. May throw souttar in. I’ve been playing 2018 this week managed get rangers to the europa final. Then my three centre halves gave 7 penalties away (seven) 😵 against Arsenal I meant Shawcross, williams and BMI on FM 19. But you’ve defo had a shitter there!
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Post by mattador78 on Oct 28, 2018 21:49:07 GMT
I’ve been playing 2018 this week managed get rangers to the europa final. Then my three centre halves gave 7 penalties away (seven) 😵 against Arsenal I meant Shawcross, williams and BMI on FM 19. But you’ve defo had a shitter there! I got you 😉 But I had to share lol it was a shitter
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Post by clarkeda on Oct 30, 2018 17:48:13 GMT
I literally can’t get over how shit all 3 CB are. I’m at my wits end. May throw souttar in. Found a new tactic and went on a 12 game unbeaten run then lost 2 on the bounce. Gonna play the next game and then look to change it up again.
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Post by mattador78 on Oct 30, 2018 19:19:10 GMT
I literally can’t get over how shit all 3 CB are. I’m at my wits end. May throw souttar in. Found a new tactic and went on a 12 game unbeaten run then lost 2 on the bounce. Gonna play the next game and then look to change it up again. I left rangers for stoke just on my 18 save the clubs a shit show lol everyone want fuck off
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Post by JurgenVandeurzen on Nov 1, 2018 21:31:13 GMT
I’ve been playing this all week now. Can’t seem to find a system that works at all. The players are all whinging bastards and made out of weetabix, injured every other week. Afobe can’t finish his dinner and our CB’s are all shite. It’s not even fully been released yet and it’s already driving me up the bastard wall.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2018 21:48:48 GMT
Haven't touched it since I got to January window of 2nd season. Need to get back on it.
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Post by clarkeda on Nov 2, 2018 6:07:45 GMT
I’ve been playing this all week now. Can’t seem to find a system that works at all. The players are all whinging bastards and made out of weetabix, injured every other week. Afobe can’t finish his dinner and our CB’s are all shite. It’s not even fully been released yet and it’s already driving me up the bastard wall. I was like this till I moved to a 424 system, afobe now too scorer in the league on 23 I think.
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Post by JurgenVandeurzen on Nov 2, 2018 11:06:32 GMT
I’ve been playing this all week now. Can’t seem to find a system that works at all. The players are all whinging bastards and made out of weetabix, injured every other week. Afobe can’t finish his dinner and our CB’s are all shite. It’s not even fully been released yet and it’s already driving me up the bastard wall. I was like this till I moved to a 424 system, afobe now too scorer in the league on 23 I think. I'll give it a try, anything is worth a shot at this stage!
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Post by clarkeda on Nov 3, 2018 6:56:00 GMT
I was like this till I moved to a 424 system, afobe now too scorer in the league on 23 I think. I'll give it a try, anything is worth a shot at this stage! That’s the formation anyway give it a bash. It was class for me for about 30 games, then I couldn’t string a pass together.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2018 16:20:31 GMT
Afobe has become Aguero
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Post by frodekippe on Nov 8, 2018 9:57:03 GMT
After having a break for FM18 I downloaded FM19 on Monday and I've been loving it so far.
Personally taking over Stoke held no interest at all, with our squad and finances it would be a walk in the park to get back up. Instead I've gone for the Non-League to Legends challenge (check out "Lollujo" on Youtube, he's got a seriously entertaining FM series going) and the premise is to pick the lowest playable level and then the team closest to where you live. For me that meant starting off in the Vanarama North as manager of AFC Telford.
I'm at the end of October in the first season now, unbeaten in the league and through to the first round of the FA Cup, but there are only 3 points separating the top 3, and 5 points down to 6th place. This level is brutally competitive. Due to only having one semi-decent winger, I'm playing a mixture of a wingerless 4-3-1-2 (home/easy games) or 4-1-3-2 (away/difficult games) with a high-pressing, fast counter style and it's working extremely well. Some of the newer roles, such as the Carrilero at CM (I play two on the outsides) and the Pressing Forward at ST are seriously effective.
As ever, the same golden rules of FM still apply:
- Praise them for absolutely everything during pre-season to get morale up - Only sign and try to play under 25s (under 23s ideally). Essential in lower leagues for money making. - Try and pick a positive team talk and then individually tell every player that you believe in them before each game (works for 80%+ of players) - Bollock them at half time if they aren't winning, regardless of how the game is going - Guard against complacency if they are winning at half time, again regardless of how the game is going - ALWAYS praise them after a game, or sympathise with a loss.
For absolutely years now, squad morale is EVERYTHING.
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Post by mattador78 on Nov 28, 2018 19:10:32 GMT
I don’t know what he’s like on 19 but dmitri oberlin a young Swiss lad is a beast in 18 for me
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Post by southstanddan on Jan 6, 2019 13:08:42 GMT
Been playing it about 2 weeks now. Not bought the latest since 2015. I normally go with a nonleague team and work my way up but this time went with Stoke. Just won the league on my first season with 104 points using the squad you start with and Solanko on loan from Liverpool. Not sure if it’s too easy as I’m normally sacked after half a season when I play with Stoke
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Post by santy on Jan 7, 2019 1:22:19 GMT
Been playing it about 2 weeks now. Not bought the latest since 2015. I normally go with a nonleague team and work my way up but this time went with Stoke. Just won the league on my first season with 104 points using the squad you start with and Solanko on loan from Liverpool. Not sure if it’s too easy as I’m normally sacked after half a season when I play with Stoke It's the strongest squad in the championship in terms of raw numbers behind the scenes. It was pretty much the feeling in the summer after we'd come down across the board that Stoke had the strongest squad in the league. Some big weaknesses though so the premier league can be a big step up if you get the tactics wrong, but not too bad if you get them right.
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Post by southstanddan on Jan 7, 2019 15:49:39 GMT
Been playing it about 2 weeks now. Not bought the latest since 2015. I normally go with a nonleague team and work my way up but this time went with Stoke. Just won the league on my first season with 104 points using the squad you start with and Solanko on loan from Liverpool. Not sure if it’s too easy as I’m normally sacked after half a season when I play with Stoke It's the strongest squad in the championship in terms of raw numbers behind the scenes. It was pretty much the feeling in the summer after we'd come down across the board that Stoke had the strongest squad in the league. Some big weaknesses though so the premier league can be a big step up if you get the tactics wrong, but not too bad if you get them right. I beat both Everton and Man City in the Cups and just going into the friendlies for the Prem season now. I seem to have a worse squad though as I’m too stingy with new signings’ wage demands and agent fees. I think I need to get with the times!
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Post by mattador78 on Jan 8, 2019 13:45:32 GMT
It's the strongest squad in the championship in terms of raw numbers behind the scenes. It was pretty much the feeling in the summer after we'd come down across the board that Stoke had the strongest squad in the league. Some big weaknesses though so the premier league can be a big step up if you get the tactics wrong, but not too bad if you get them right. I beat both Everton and Man City in the Cups and just going into the friendlies for the Prem season now. I seem to have a worse squad though as I’m too stingy with new signings’ wage demands and agent fees. I think I need to get with the times! Keep telling them you can’t afford if existing players ask for new contracts I’m 6 seasons in on 2018 version and nearly all my team want £150k a week 🤮
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