Remalap Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Oh yes, I'm chuffed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa30 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 reo-coker is crap in the game, im in my 6th season, i got rid of him after the 1st as he wasnt performing, and still isnt for man city (his new team). I reccommend Miguel Veloso, can be bought for around £10m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa30 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 p.s. remalap where did u get your skin from its wicked!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamj11 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Petrov performs better than Reo-Coker in my experience no matter where you play them. Imo you should look at another DM, you can get Dacourt on Loan first season and buy him after that, you could also look at De Jong (4-5M), Makoun (6-10M) or Veloso (10-15M) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonahno6 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Originally posted by villa30:p.s. remalap where did u get your skin from its wicked!! It's called Asesino or something along the lines of that, you can find it at sortitoutsi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano1 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Remelap - what stadium is that on your skin ? - v impressive !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remalap Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Yeah it's called Asesino and can be found on sortitoutsi.net. The stadum is some computer graphic that comes default with the skin, nice though isn't it. Still, nothing compared to Villa Park! And yeah, I think Reo-Coker's off in the summer. I hope I can get a decent price for him. I don't understand why he's so bad, his tackling, work rate and stamina should make him a genius DM! I'll look into getting a player to replace him when I get around to offloading him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conquistadore Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Has anyone ever had a new stadium built for their Villa team or are they still playing at Villa Park?`I have a savegame where the stadium capacity is at 58000 which I'm constantly filling up, but the local council is blocking another expansion. It is quite frustrating... I also have a savegame where I'm not managing any team, just letting the game run. I'm now over a hundred years into the future and they are still plating at Villa park! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeCOYR Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Just Startd A New Game With Villa. Whats There Strongest Formation? Minus Any Transfers. On 8.02 Btw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
directormerrick Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Originally posted by GeorgeCOYR:Just Startd A New Game With Villa. Whats There Strongest Formation? Minus Any Transfers. On 8.02 Btw Whenever i start a new game the best formation with the current squad would be a 4-3-3. 4 at the back 1 dm 2 cm rw + lw lone striker best selection would be carew young agbonlahor barry petrov reo-coker bouma davies laursen mellberg carson keep a hold of maloney as he's really useful, you definatly need a right back and id suggest antonio barragan from deportivo, costs about £5-6m and is always brilliant for me hope thats help full Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXxSc00byxXx Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 reo coker performs great for me in DMC as a lone holding midfielder...allows barry and petrov to support the front 3 i signed pineda and the fans are turning on him...how can i stop this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXxSc00byxXx Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 guys at the beggining of the seaon i set a european qualification as the target i am currently 8th with 6 games to play...will i be sacked if i dont qualify for europe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradyy88 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Im in my 3rd season I finished 6th then 4th in previous years. Now currently in December sitting 3rd in Prem and qualified from champs league group of Lyon, Bremen and some Polish bricklayers Ochoa got injured for 4 months so quickly brought in Brad Friedel on a free as I had no 1st team keeper. Squad at the minute is as follows GK: Ochoa. Freidel Defenders: Vanden Borre. Valera. Taiwo. Barry. Richards. Knight. Davies. Mellberg CM: Reo Coker. Banega. Cana Wingers: Young. Farfan. Agbonlahor. Maloney AM: VDV. Lulinha CF: Defoe. Jo. Moore Normally play a 4.3.1.2 as follows with wingers and VDV arrows to the strikers ---------------Ochoa Richards Davies Knight Taiwo Young----Reo Coker----Farfan ---------------VDV ------------Jo----Defoe Defoe bangs them in and VDV is awesome. Mention to Maloney who has been my unsung hero. Hoping to establish in the top 4 again then kick on next year with a title challenge. I could go for the title with a few signings in January. I need a new backup keeper, a quality centre half and a partner for Defoe (if Jo doesn’t progress) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam C Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Every time a new game of FM08 copmes out, i always get a new faveroute team to manage. On 05, it was Hull, on 06, i forget, on 07, it was Reading, and on 08, It's Aston Villa, so i wanted another go at managing them. I've signed a few players, but ive transfer listed a few players who i believe need to go: Transfer Listed Players: <pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Moustapha Salifou Patrik Berger Marlon Harewood</pre> Loan Listed Loan Listed: <pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Genero Zeefuik Jordan Collins Lee Boyle Wayne Routledge Luke Moore Stephen O'Halloran</pre> Signed Players: <pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Genero Zeefuik 200k Igor Tudor 1.1m Perrier-Doumbe 575k Matt Hill 1.8m Salvador Cabanas 2.5m</pre> Players im bidding for: <pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Florin Bratu 600k Sergio Floccari 3.5m Steven Defour 3.5m</pre> Any tips and help would be welcome? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamj11 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Get rid of Melberg and buy a proper DR thats my main advice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnalyd7 Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Im just starting my 3rd season after finishing 4th & 3rd respectively, no trophies yet only runners-up in the FA Cup 2008. My team G/K Ochoa D/C Van Buyten D/C Van Damme WB/R Ponzio WB/L Mathieu DM Reo Coker MLC Barry MCR Matias Fernandez (as AMC) AMR Agbonlahor AML Ashley Young ST Adriano (ex-Inter) Subs G/K Quim (lol just for the name) ST Carew AMLC Pattio AMRLC Maloney AMRC Zarate DC Curtis Davies DRC Stearman WBL Bouma ST Moore ST Delfonueso AMC Forrester MC Ramsey AMLC Huszti Need World Class DC and maybe WBR or DM, have £39M to spend. These are my targets: Micah Richards (Man C) they want £57.9M for him !!! Mathieu Bodmer (Lyon) £20M accepted !! (should I sign ? just delayed for a week) Breno (B. Munich) £20M rejected new offer £25M. Giorgio Chiellini (Fiorentina) they want £38.3M, just went back with £30M offer. Criscito (Juventus) £17M offered. Why are the players more expensive when you have more money to spend ??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jacobharris Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Carew is a goal machine for me, I'm in November now and he has scored 16 in 13 games. My team at the minute is --------------Carson----------- Mellberg-Knight-Davies-Mullgrew -------------Reo-Coker--------- -------Gardener----Barry------- Young-----------Agbonglahor/Marin -------------Carew-------------- 2nd in the league only lost 1 game, against Spurs. Beat United 3-1 with Carew scoring in the 88 and 90th minutes and Young also scoring in the 90th minute. I'm in the 1/4 of the league cup and set to play Watford, which I should win. I only signed 4 players: Mullgrew (from Wolves for £2.4M) Stancu (for £2M) Marin (for £900,000) and Claudio Lopez on a free. But he is pretty poor. Stancu hasn't played too well for me so far, however, Carew got injured in my last game against Birmingham and Stancu came on and scored, so hopefully he has some confidence now. Carew is out for 2 weeks so Stancu will have to replace him, unfortunatly they're completley different players with Carew winning headers from Mullgrew's corners and Young an d Marin's crosses, meanwhile, Stancu is pretty terrible at heading so I think I need to change my tactics a little bit. I honestly don't need to sign any players in Jan, however I've been given an extra £10M to spend so I may have to sign a new holding midfielder...or should I wait for the summer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stomalomalus Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 OK, just started a Villa game with my edited database that fiddles with a few players stats. I want to bring in Huntelaar, Matias Fernandez and a RB, but dont have enough money. Does anyone know how to get rid of Harewood, Salifou, Routledge and Berger? Ive tried offering them for 0, but no-one wants them! I have to get rid of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnalyd7 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Originally posted by Stomalomalus:OK, just started a Villa game with my edited database that fiddles with a few players stats. I want to bring in Huntelaar, Matias Fernandez and a RB, but dont have enough money. Does anyone know how to get rid of Harewood, Salifou, Routledge and Berger? Ive tried offering them for 0, but no-one wants them! I have to get rid of them Sign Jeremy Mathieu(Toulouse) I got him for £3.4M he plays WBL/MLC/DM.... He always wins player of the season, also fantastic in the air at corners, near post flick on at corners he will score loads. Named in Premier League team of the year 07/08 & 08/09. Also runner-up in PFA player of the year 09. Also Mathieu Bodmer is very good get him now because value will shoot up to £20M after 18 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stomalomalus Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Ive made my signings, and yes, Mathieu was one of them - I usually sign him for teams outside the top4. Still havnt had any offers for Harewood, Routledge and Berger. Salifou has gonje out on loan, but I just cant shift my donkeys! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamf Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Just about to start my second season with Villa. Signings I've made are - Paulo Ferreira Leon Andreasen Gil Swerts Luis Ernesto Perez (signing of the year last year, well worth 1.5 mil) Marco Rigters Claudio Pizarro and Alcides on loan Obviously I need a new keeper, any suggestions who I should bring in? Also any other areas I should look at? Does O'Halloran become a decent defender in the long run. Still have 24 mil to spend but dont want to waste it on a couple of players. I had negotiated a deal with Lazio for Corrizo but then they tried to renegotiate to 21 mil plus Barry obviously I wasnt going to pay that much for a keeper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coops_10 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I have just started a game with Villa. My side so far.. Carson Taylor - Samba - Davies - Warnock Young - Reo-Coker - Barry - Downing Carew - Moore Sorensen Melberg Znight Bertrand Aquino Stancu Agbonlahor.. I have £10M burning a hole in my pocket though? Any ideas..Not fuused what position Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sopops72 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 HI i am in desperate need of an AMC was thinking about signing Arshavin but i am not sure. Anyone else know of any quality AMC. thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3AN Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Originally posted by sopops72:HI i am in desperate need of an AMC was thinking about signing Arshavin but i am not sure. Anyone else know of any quality AMC. thanks Matias Fernandez is the man you want. I had him for Villa and he was top scorer first season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sopops72 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Originally posted by D3AN:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by sopops72: HI i am in desperate need of an AMC was thinking about signing Arshavin but i am not sure. Anyone else know of any quality AMC. thanks Matias Fernandez is the man you want. I had him for Villa and he was top scorer first season. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks i'll try signing him he looks good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle_11 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 how much money do you have at the start of the first season with Villa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chernosamba Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 just started a new game wit villa. united fan so never really played wit villa b4. was wondering is there any real prospects in the reserves/youths? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
megafan2005 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Just started a game with Villa Transfers In Jeremy Mathieu £3.6M out for 3 months Yury Zhirkov £7.5M Doing well Andrey Arshavin £7.5M Top Scorer ReneMihelic £500k ok Pablo Piatti £1.2M starting XI Andres Rios £500K looks ok Paulo Ferreira £1.6M Chelsea transfer listee solid debut Claudio Pizarro also chelsea transfer list £1.8M Transfers Out Isiah Osbourne £1M Gareth BArry £9M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryseaess Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Hey, I fancied a new game and have opted for Aston Villa . I'm on August 5th 2007 but I think I have finished with the transfer market atleast until January so I will post my signings and outgoings: Transfers In Rafael Van Der Vaart - £11mill Matias Fernandez - £10mill Aquino - £400k Christopher Samba - £1.3mill Bogdan Stancu - £700k Gabriel Torje - £400k Aaron Hunt - £6mill Transfers Out Wilfred Bouma - £5mill over 24 months I have decided that my tactic will be 4-3-1-2: Gk - Carson DR - Samba DL - Barry (it was either here or not in the team so he had to settle for DL lol) DC - Mellberg DC - Laursen MR - Young ML - Fernandez MC - Reo-Coker AMC - Van Der Vaart FC - Carew FC - Hunt Will update again at the end of January . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner123 Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 this is the aston villa thred, also any good player iam on 8.0.2 patch, 2nd season, and about 8m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 I did say I'd answer you when you posted in the right thread, but post your team first please so we know where you need to improve. And yes, this is the Aston Villa thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setsuna Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Started my first season at Villa today and I'm going great. Currently 3rd in the league (recent bad form has made me drop 1 place.) I've just bought Hugo Lloris for 16m. I know it's really steep, but I had the cash from selling other players so whatever! At the start of the season I brought in Larsson, Pavlychenko, Samba, Mathieu, Fernandez and Mihelic. Larsson and Pavlychenko took about 10 games to get into the swing of things and now they're scoring all the time, but Fernandez has been on fire all the way through the season, picking up two player of the month awards, 11 man of the match awards, 28 goals in 37 appearances and 26 assists! I also recently just snagged Jimenez for 3.5m. I needed to buy a WB-R, but the transfer deadline closed before I could finish up bagging Srno to complete my squad. If anyone can think of some good options for the next window, feel free to let me know. Here are some screenshots! If anyone has any tips for strengthening my squad, feel free to share. My defense could do with a bit of sprucing up I guess, but Zat Knight on set pieces is unstoppable. He scores headers all the time, so I can't bring myself to take him off the first team for another defender. He's a good player anyway, just lets in the odd own goal or two! EDIT: Also, that isn't how Barry and Reo are usually layed out in that first picture, but because Ashley Young is injured, I'm playing them like that. Usually it's Barry CM running back the way, with Ashley Young up the right pushing forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstar12 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 hey guys, I just started with villa, but unfortunately I'm not having the success stories. 15 games in and im 15th on the ladder. the funny thing is, all the games i've lost have been by a goal at most.. usually in the dying stages. biggest problem is the strikers, I have many chances each game but they just cant bag them.. carew has underperformed big time my team: gk - carson dl - bouma dr - mellberg dc - knight/cahill dc - laursen dmc - coker/gardner aml - maloney amr - milner/young mc - petrov mc - barry fc - carew/moore/abo hmm. i wonder why i cant seem to score any goals. anyone got any tactic ideas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setsuna Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Well I finished my first season and got beat by Chelsea 3-2 on my final game which meant I finished 3rd in the league. I then lost to Chelsea 3-2 again in the final of the FA Cup! redstar12, I personally got rid of Maloney and Petrov straight away. I played Maloney in a few games to get his value up to 2.7m and then sold him at that. As for Petrov, I can't remember what I sold him for, but it was a mediocre sum. I'd suggest bringing in Larsson or Pavlychenko. I got Larsson really cheap and he played amazing 2nd half of the season. He'll be better than all the other strikers on your team too, unless you bring in Pavlychenko. He's only really worth a season though, as he's now started to lose attributes in my 2nd season. But by that time, Gabriel will be pretty much good for a first team place. I played him enough in the first season, bringing him off the bench etc, and now I'm playing him almost every game in the 2nd season and he's performing amazing next to Pavlychenko who has also been on fire for me the past two seasons. Also, I got rid of Bouma and brought in Matthieu, much better player. I'd also suggest bringing in Samba as he's played amazing for me in my Villa game. I replaced Laursen with him. All these guys can be bought on your first season. Pavychenko will move for 6.5mil which I think is a bargain. Larsson for 650k, but you can probably get him less. Matthieu for about 4mil, Samba for 1mil. I also brought in Rene Mihelic who's playing amazing atm. Bought him for 100k, and had a 10mil offer after the first season from AC Milan, but I rejected! Matias Fernandez is amazing too. I payed 10mil for him. Yeah, I've pretty much just told you how my team have performed really. But some of those signings are really worth it. And in the 2nd season if you've had some success, I'd suggest bringing in Alves in place of a moving Melberg. He'll go for 26mil and that's not a lot of money if the Villa board gives you a lump like they did for me I had like 50 mil to spend on the 2nd season. EDIT: Also brought Paul Caddis in on a season long loan for my 2nd season as a backup DR/WB-R. He's performed well in the few appearances he's made for me. I also forgot to say I got rid of Moore. He's a whiny git and I never needed him anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstar12 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 haha. too late now, they sacked me the bastards. just as i was making a mid-season run. ah well, time to see how i fare with abacente Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstar12 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 update - started the game up again, thankfully with different results this time around. coming 6th and looking good about mid-way through the season. i play a 4-3-3 with coker at dmc and young/maloney at amc: gk - carson dl - bouma/arca dr - mellberg dc - laursen/knight dc - davies/cahill dmc - reocoker/banega mc - barry mc - gardner / milner amc - young/maloney fc - gabby fc - carew I notice a lot of you play carew at lone striker...im thinking of doing this.. should i perhaps use young and gabby on the wings? I tend to score a lot, but i also concede way to much... 6-2 against Manutd =( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proto Tarkula Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Here is my team. Also Andrea Luci, Luis Jimenez, Miralem Pjanic and Riccardo Lattanzio are coming next season. And I have Eros Coradini, Henri Saivet, Vincent Acapandie and Alessandro de Vitis(I'm not sure he is regen, he doesn't have regen face but I haven't seen him before. He has PA 184 and is MC, he came from Fiorentina maybe). And I have no patches. What do you think? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlambert Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Patch 8.0.2, Database from 8.0.1 though. March 2010 so towards the end of my first season. Finished 4th, 10th respectively and hovering in 5th at the moment. If I don't have a real title push next season I think I will get sacked. Playing a 3-1-4-2 GK De Sanctis (Sevilla, £850k) DC Coloccini (Deportivo, £16m) SW Garay (Racing, £14m) DC Davies DMC Barry RM Young MC Johnson (Man City, £6m) MC van der Vaart (HSV £10.5m) LM Pander (Schalke, free) ST Defoe (Tottenham, £4.2m) ST Carew Subs & notable reserves GK McGregor (Rangers, £825k) D C Cahill D RC etc. Vanden Borre (Fiorentina, £3.8m) DM C Flamini (Arsenal, £3.6m) AM LC Mihelic (Maribor, £350k) AM LC Arango (Mallorca, £6m) AM LC Trecarichi (Sevilla, £6m) AM R Torje (Parma, £6m) AM C Gardner FC Chevanton (Sevilla, £10.25m) I don't ever use Scout or anything I don't want to use downloaded tactics. I just seem to be really struggling to get any kind of consistency. Garay and Coloccini have been great, I have just started playing Johnson who seems promising and Defoe is sometimes good. The rest? van der Vaart seems massively overrated by people on here. I have tried playing him 'in the hole' but nothing doing. Mihelic is still developing, Torje seems over-hyped too and Chevanton was a gross waste of money. I just need a little pointer in the right direction before Randy gives me the chop. Your thoughts comrades? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmellows619 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 How is everyone getting the best out of Agbonlahor? I'm half way through the second season and all he does is hit one on ones straight at the keeper and balloon it over from 2 yards out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizOfOzNike Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 I've just begun as Aston Villa. I've chosen Barry with Reo-Coker as my captains. I've got all their new layers, Cuellar, Young, Shorey, Milner, and i've improved Young, Barry and Agbonlahor. I'm going to play 442, with Milner and Young on the Right and Left respectively (improved Young on the left, bemused by him having 0 there). Carew will be a target man, with Gabby with him up top. Reo Coker and Barry will be the CM's, the two new fullbacks will start and Cuellar will accompany Laursen in defence until Davies is good enough, and finally Friedel will start in goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlambert Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Summer 2010. End of 3rd season. I have deals agreed for Huntelaar (£19m) and Stancu (£13m) but can't decide which one I should sign (can only afford one of the two and have only been playing one upfront lately anyway). Finished 4th, 10th and 3rd so none of the 'superstar' players are realistic options yet. Which one do I go for? Huntelaar or Stancu? I'm playing with the 8.0.1 database on the 8.0.2 patch, btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsenal_Fan_1986 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I sold a lot of players in my 2nd season to raise cash. I still havent found the right tactics although I think I have a good team. This is my 4-4-1-1 GK - Carson - I just keep extending the loan lol DL - Bale (from spurs) DC - Davis DC - Woodgate (from spurs) DR - Blaszczkowski or Ferreira (dortmund and chelsea) ML - Barry MC - Knight MC - Johnson (from man city) MR - Malony AMC - Young ST - Agbonlahor/Vennegor/Rosenborg (from Celtic and Werder Bremen) I use these on a rotation system. Sometimes I play 5-3-2 where knight moves back to CB and my DL/DR just move up to WBL/WBR. Young will then play CM and I will play 2 of my 3 ST. Finally If I start a game badly and concede early goal and it looks like im gonna do it again I use 4-2-2-2 (2xCM, AML, AMR). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 update - started the game up again, thankfully with different results this time around. coming 6th and looking good about mid-way through the season. i play a 4-3-3 with coker at dmc and young/maloney at amc:gk - carson dl - bouma/arca Play Arca dr - mellberg dc - laursen/knight Play Knight dc - davies/cahill dmc - reocoker/banega Play Reo-Coker mc - barry mc - gardner / milner Play Banega amc - young/maloney Play Young fc - gabby fc - carew I notice a lot of you play carew at lone striker...im thinking of doing this.. should i perhaps use young and gabby on the wings? I tend to score a lot, but i also concede way to much... 6-2 against Manutd =( I'd keep your formation. It looks good, and I don't rate Gabby too highly. But otherwise, keep playing that team. Banega is much better at CM because he isn't great defensively. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Here is my team. Also Andrea Luci, Luis Jimenez, Miralem Pjanic and Riccardo Lattanzio are coming next season. And I have Eros Coradini, Henri Saivet, Vincent Acapandie and Alessandro de Vitis(I'm not sure he is regen, he doesn't have regen face but I haven't seen him before. He has PA 184 and is MC, he came from Fiorentina maybe). And I have no patches. What do you think? de Vitis is a regen I think. Havent heard of him, although he could have a PA of 0 which means that he could have any PA from 0-200. Maybe you got lucky... - Play Petrov as AMLC instead of Maloney, then use Banega as AMCC. Retrain Banega, he's much better as an AMC - Get a new LB, Pander should be good. - Try and fit Bojan in there somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Patch 8.0.2, Database from 8.0.1 though.March 2010 so towards the end of my first season. Finished 4th, 10th respectively and hovering in 5th at the moment. If I don't have a real title push next season I think I will get sacked. Playing a 3-1-4-2 GK De Sanctis (Sevilla, £850k) Goodish, but there are better, like Costil or Riou DC Coloccini (Deportivo, £16m) Overpaid by LOADS, but is good, shoulve got Samba SW Garay (Racing, £14m) Not great. Pretty awful defensively, nd not great anywhere! Should've got Fazio DC Davies DMC Barry RM Young MC Johnson (Man City, £6m) Great player, great price MC van der Vaart (HSV £10.5m) Good player, good price LM Pander (Schalke, free) Strange choice for a ML, I would have tried Marcelo ST Defoe (Tottenham, £4.2m) Should be great ST Carew Subs & notable reserves GK McGregor (Rangers, £825k) D C Cahill D RC etc. Vanden Borre (Fiorentina, £3.8m) DM C Flamini (Arsenal, £3.6m) AM LC Mihelic (Maribor, £350k) AM LC Arango (Mallorca, £6m) AM LC Trecarichi (Sevilla, £6m) AM R Torje (Parma, £6m) AM C Gardner FC Chevanton (Sevilla, £10.25m) I don't ever use Scout or anything I don't want to use downloaded tactics. I just seem to be really struggling to get any kind of consistency. Garay and Coloccini have been great, I have just started playing Johnson who seems promising and Defoe is sometimes good. The rest? van der Vaart seems massively overrated by people on here. I have tried playing him 'in the hole' but nothing doing. Mihelic is still developing, Torje seems over-hyped too and Chevanton was a gross waste of money. I just need a little pointer in the right direction before Randy gives me the chop. Your thoughts comrades? Apart from Garay, I like your transfers and think you should be aiming for a top 6 position. Awful formation because it will leave your defence uncovered, but otherwise good team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Summer 2010. End of 3rd season. I have deals agreed for Huntelaar (£19m) and Stancu (£13m) but can't decide which one I should sign (can only afford one of the two and have only been playing one upfront lately anyway). Finished 4th, 10th and 3rd so none of the 'superstar' players are realistic options yet.Which one do I go for? Huntelaar or Stancu? I'm playing with the 8.0.1 database on the 8.0.2 patch, btw. Go for Huntelaar, he's much better value for money than Stancu. But if you can get Edison Cavani, get him instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I sold a lot of players in my 2nd season to raise cash. I still havent found the right tactics although I think I have a good team.This is my 4-4-1-1 GK - Carson - I just keep extending the loan lol DL - Bale (from spurs) DC - Davis DC - Woodgate (from spurs) DR - Blaszczkowski or Ferreira (dortmund and chelsea) Blasz is much better ML - Barry MC - Knight Zat? At CM? MC - Johnson (from man city) MR - Malony Improve here, Maloney isnt great AMC - Young ST - Agbonlahor/Vennegor/Rosenborg (from Celtic and Werder Bremen) I use these on a rotation system. Rosenborg, then Gabby, then JVoH Sometimes I play 5-3-2 where knight moves back to CB and my DL/DR just move up to WBL/WBR. Young will then play CM and I will play 2 of my 3 ST. Finally If I start a game badly and concede early goal and it looks like im gonna do it again I use 4-2-2-2 (2xCM, AML, AMR). Thought of squad in quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsenal_Fan_1986 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Well I brought woodgate in, zat is a good player and has CM in his positions, I've set him to learn it in training so it becomes Competant, he getting good match ratings. I know maloney isnt great, I did have him transfer listed but no one wanted him. For some reason the fans don't like Rosenborg, and the board say it was a poor peice of judgement, but he scored in ever pre season friendly, has scored 5 goals in 8 of his competetive games and has an average rating of 7.6, so god knows why they say that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Well I brought woodgate in, zat is a good player and has CM in his positions, I've set him to learn it in training so it becomes Competant, he getting good match ratings.I know maloney isnt great, I did have him transfer listed but no one wanted him. For some reason the fans don't like Rosenborg, and the board say it was a poor peice of judgement, but he scored in ever pre season friendly, has scored 5 goals in 8 of his competetive games and has an average rating of 7.6, so god knows why they say that. I don't rate Zat, but if he's doing well then thats fine I guess. The fans should warm to Rosenborg if he carries on like that! It sometimes takes a while! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanH91 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Hey guys! I've started a new game as the Villa, mainly because I like them IRL and I've never played as them in the game yet! I want an all English team, and as Villa already have a pretty strong English contingent then I shouldn't have to bring in many players to make us a competent side. I'm playing on 8.0.2 patch with an updated database from TFMS (That Football Manager Site). English Contingent So with the English theme in mind here's the current backbone of English talent I have to start from (Playing a 4-3-3): GK: Taylor DR: Young DL: Shorey DC: Davies DC: Knight DM: Reo-Coker MC: Sidwell MC: Barry AMR: Milner/Agbonlahor AML: Young ST: Agbonlahor/Harewood So as you can see that is a pretty strong team already. However there are areas in which I would improve on, those being at Goalkeeper (Replace Taylor), Centre Back (Replace Knight), Central Midfield (Replace Sidwell) and Striker (Replace Harewood and also Agbonlahor isn't that good in-game.) Transfer Targets Right now that I've appointed areas to improve on, I've drawn up a short list of players for each position I am targeting: GK: Ben Foster, Robert Green DC: Steven Taylor, Joleon Lescott, David Wheater CM: Kevin Nolan, Michael Carrick ST: James Vaughan, Dean Ashton, Daniel Sturridge There may be more players come into my mind as I'm searching but those are the main ones I'm gonna try for. As I only have £15.75m to spend, it looks like I'm going to have to sell a lot of the foreign players to get my targets. On top of those players, I'm also planning a bit for the future and will try to get a hold of Preston Edwards, Joe Mattock, Giles Barnes and Victor Moses. What I want my team to be So by the end of the transfer window (I may have to wait until January to have my perfect squad) I'm hoping to have a team that looks something like this: GK: Foster DR: Young DL: Shorey DC: Davies DC: Taylor DM: Reo-Coker MC: Nolan or Carrick MC: Barry AMR: Milner/Agbonlahor AML: Young ST: Vaughan or Ashton Thanks for taking the time to read and any suggestions are welcome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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