cdleedsfan Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 A few FMs back, I had go to youngsters I would sign... Obviously, they've grew up and became more expensive or just not amounted to anything. These are the players I'm thinking of... Sergio Asenjo Davide Santon N'koulou Mamadou Sakho Lucas Digne Ignacio Camacho Sergio Canales Henri Saivet Geo Wijnaldum John Fleck Yaya Sanogo / Khouma Babacar --- Did anyone actually get to have this first 11 at any stage? I always tried but never got to that point In FM13 i've thought differently and gone for stat per position rather than PA So now it's Stefan Strandberg Wellington Nem Adryan Royston Drenthe Juan Sanchez Mino Rodrigo Battaglia Who are your favourite signings then and now? (Let's try and keep them under 25 as of now) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley21 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Wellington Nem Roman Bezus Royston Drenthe Also Luigi Bruins if i'm a smaller team, that guys awesome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I try and stray away from who everyone else signs... As good a signing Wellington Nem is, I can't buy him anymore.. just feels cheap and cheaty to me.. same goes for : Okore Adryan Ademilson and the like... I do like Dragovic, signed him a few times for CB... also: Mohamed Elyounoussi Pohjanpalo (who goes against what I said above, but I feel vindicated by the fact I had a scout find him before I'd heard of him on here) Kapino Mattheus Krejci Majeed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfonzotheace Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 every single game it used to be john fleck and james forrest, both usually ended up absolutely top drawer players at the highest level, be it spain eng italy or germany. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley21 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I try and stray away from who everyone else signs...As good a signing Wellington Nem is, I can't buy him anymore.. just feels cheap and cheaty to me.. same goes for : Okore Adryan Ademilson and the like... I do like Dragovic, signed him a few times for CB... also: Mohamed Elyounoussi Pohjanpalo (who goes against what I said above, but I feel vindicated by the fact I had a scout find him before I'd heard of him on here) Kapino Mattheus Krejci Majeed Is Pohjanpalo some kind of FM13 legend then? Haven't been on the forum for a couple months so haven't kept up to date with things! I found him on my save when i was Tromso and figured i'd found an unlikely gem, i guess not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdleedsfan Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Does Ademilson have Work Permit issues? - he looks good on google screenshots Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_123 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 dont have a clue who the top young players on fm 13 are as i havnt did a season with a big club yet. but since fm 10 maybe i have signed sanogo he is a machine used to score unreal amounts for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyzer Soze Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 In FM2013 the only one i can think of is Kara. Very good to play as a Anchorman or a central defender. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdleedsfan Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Kara looks brilliant! WP problems though? I don't rate Jores Okore. What Center Back isn't good in the air? Strandberg may have a lower PA but I rate him more highly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert Fandel Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I like the OP's original question. Personally I always sign Leigth Griffiths. In old FM's even if your coaches don't rate him he would score goals at every level. This time the collision detection should reduce his mercurial abilities, but I always sign him on former glories anyway. However, this thread is in grave danger of becoming a 'who are the wonderkids in the game' thread. If I wanted other human players to do my scouting for me, I would just google 'FM 13 wonderkids'. I don't want that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
superposh Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Rolling back the years to games of the past one man I always signed if I was playing as a big club was Alan Shearer. I'm no Newcastle fan but I have to admit I was a bit of a Shearer fan. I had him at clubs such as Man United, Barcelona, Liverpool and Juventus on various saves. He would always score bags of goals and was available relatively cheaply because of his age. I also had a fascination with signing Paolo Di Canio for some reason, again picking him up at the age of 33/34 ish on the cheap and giving him one last shot at the big time. I guess I wanted to see these guys win the medals they could/should of won in their real careers had they made different choices. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorando Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Romario, a young Brazilian rightback. Always cheap to get and worldclass potential. I have bought him so many times since FM10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudYildiz Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Always signed Sergio Asenjo first for every team i played and he rocked hard for me. To bad, he's now rotting behind Courtois. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranquelme Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I try and stray away from who everyone else signs...As good a signing Wellington Nem is, I can't buy him anymore.. just feels cheap and cheaty to me.. same goes for : Okore Adryan Ademilson and the like... I do like Dragovic, signed him a few times for CB... also: Mohamed Elyounoussi Pohjanpalo (who goes against what I said above, but I feel vindicated by the fact I had a scout find him before I'd heard of him on here) Kapino Mattheus Krejci Majeed I feel the same actually. When I see people buy a player a lot I tend to keep away. I have a policy of not signing players again in other saves though, I try to sign different players in each save. But it used to be Ochoa the Mexican goalkeeper in past FM's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZBruntsfield Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Javi Martinez. Harder this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilSaint Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 just feels cheap and cheaty to me.. same goes for :Ademilson i found Ademilson through scouting, signed him but he barely scored at all for me.. rage sold him last season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorando Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Always signed Sergio Asenjo first for every team i played and he rocked hard for me.To bad, he's now rotting behind Courtois. Well he should be easier to get then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilSaint Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Going back to CM4 I always made Freddy Adu, Fabio Paim and Fredy Guarin my first 3 signings. All of them turned out to be amongst the best players in the world, while in reality only Guarin even came close to being a top class player. my god, fabio paim! completely forgot about him, he used to be one of my absolute favorites Signed freddy adu regularly too back then, as well as jozy altidore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardog Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 For me it has to be Danilo. And if i can afford him a well known young german keeper, who i wont name for fairness. In older FM's Joah Mountino (think hes at porto now, was at sporting i cant spell his name right), Cherno Samba, Pavlychenko (pre spurs) just to name some. theres more just cant think off the top of my head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacZidane Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Anders Kure (CB), and Soren Fredericksen (CF) are two Danish players who have been absolutely dynamite for me in this game, both relatively unknown too. Their performances have harked back to the CM 01/02 days when you signed a defender who'd never have below 7.0 rating, and a striker who'd score almost every week. Scandinavia seems to be this edition's most fertile ground for great 'sleeper' players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shnen Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 on the subject of americans, eddie johnson nowadays it's just the bogstandards: adryan, nem etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdleedsfan Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Ochoa - Yeah, used to sign him a lot and Guilherme. Also, for the past 3 seasons, not so much a buy but managing Tottenham, Bassong, Sandro and Gomes always developed into the best at what they do for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 This is turning into another 'lets list old players' thread.. we have one of those in the top 5 threads on this forum already :/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilSaint Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 And I forgot about Altidore!I'm so tempted to go back to CM4 for a while now that all of these players are coming back to me. Others I still remember are Simon Vukcevic who was awesome on that game as well as Alexander Farnerud, could be signed for about £100k and was a world beater after a couple of seasons. sounds like a solid plan to me. I'm going to look for that disk under mountains of dust and fire it up again. Might be able to snap up hazard for no fee whatsoever *evil laugh* way back when you could even get nani or cristiano ronaldo from sporting ^^ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingJason13 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Isco, Jovetic, Santon, Gotze, Fellaini, Vidal,,, sometimes Ramirez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyrubs Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I loaned in Ben Mackie from Coventry for five seasons in a row, and they just kept giving him new contracts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujigatame Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I don't think there's anyone I've signed a majority of the time, I've definitely signed Baines, M'Vila, Poli, Sergio Romero, Muniain, and Cristico more than once each. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaxi Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Ah I remember the days of CM03/04 where you could start a game as anyone, buy Giampoaolo Pazzini, Ricardo Montolivo Alessio Cerci Daniel Braathen Éderson Actually my memory has failed me, there used to be defenders worth buying as well, and another Norwegian attacking midfielder but I can't remember now. Anyway, buy them and you'd win everything as anyone... ish. Haven't had FM13 long enough to develop a list of 'must haves'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujigatame Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Romario, a young Brazilian rightback. Always cheap to get and worldclass potential. I have bought him so many times since FM10 Yes, I remember signing him with Man City in FM12, although I stopped playing 1 season later so he only got 2-3 apps for the team because he was still so young. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilSaint Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 and another Norwegian attacking midfielder but I can't remember now ääritallo? used to sign him a lot in earlier FM's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudYildiz Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Well he should be easier to get then? I meant in real life. Few years ago he was announced as first keeper of Atletico, but he got beaten to it by De Gea and Courtois now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 From way back it was definately young Kallstrom and young Ronaldhinio. My fav signing for the last 3 FM's has been G Burdisso. Ive always wanted to manage Christian Ericksen long term but never really had a save where I could get him early enough in the game. FM 13, I like the look of Sean Murray, he's doing well in my West Ham save. So to is Destro who is a great goalscorer when he's not injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdleedsfan Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Yes! Burdisso - turns into a solid centre back after a season, well did for last 2 FMs not bought him this time around Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca72 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Ole Kristian Selnaes - Some insane stats for an 18 yr old Stefan Johansen - Very solid all round midfielder, natural at DM or MC Giannis Fetfatzidis - "Greek Messi" Leon Brittain - Always seems to be been given away by Swansea, can sit @ DM and spray passes all over the shop, can tackle too and very reasonable wages Rene Mihelic - Bit of a tradition this one, he's not what he was, but is natural in 3 positions (MC,AMC,AML) so is brilliantly versatile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I used to always sign Falcao when my friend recommended him to me a few versions ago, glad to see him progress in real life as he always would for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I sign who my scouts tell me to. I haven't signed anyone based on previous knowledge for at least 5 or 6 versions now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityAndColour Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 On this version my stock Conference signings have been: Olivier N'Siabamfumu (French DM on a free) Anthony Stewart (Wycombe) Sean Maguire (Waterford) Everyone else has just been from scouting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lam Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Was it GALLOWAY or something like that on CM2/3/4 not sure which. The art was getting him without a big club release clause because they would always take him off me after one season for peanuts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyrubs Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 ääritallo? used to sign him a lot in earlier FM's Yeah Aaritalo, but he's from Finland. 19 for jumping! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I don't usually sign the same players year after year. But one that I recall is Vladimir Yurchenko, he's good for a Championship team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdleedsfan Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Ole Kristian Selnaes - Some insane stats for an 18 yr old > Always like the look of him, except for a couple of things that stop me from signing him. He can't tackle and has poor positioning. I like my CMs deep-lying, with the ball back, create an attack. He would make a good AMC AP but he is a natural at CM and I don't like playing players out of their natural position Stefan Johansen - Very solid all round midfielder, natural at DM or MC > He looks poor on my game Giannis Fetfatzidis - "Greek Messi" > Impressive find, what is his form like? Leon Brittain - Always seems to be been given away by Swansea, can sit @ DM and spray passes all over the shop, can tackle too and very reasonable wages > Have him at Swansea, very solid DM consistent but ageing Rene Mihelic - Bit of a tradition this one, he's not what he was, but is natural in 3 positions (MC,AMC,AML) so is brilliantly versatile > Not bad, but I have 2 players for every position and I don't know what his strongest position would be. Understand why these are your go to men though. I find it odd and cool that aside from Wellington Nem, Strandberg, Okore and Adryan people seem to be going for different guys this FM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vector Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Well, I only know that I always look for 2 specific in certain cases: -Yann Nsaku for small teams -Since FM09 Obua left me a good impression. He's good for mid/low teams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themodelcitizen Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Ugur Yildirim. Playing in the Dutch amateur leagues now but he won a free kick contest against Zidane a few years back and still has 15/16 free kick taking. Good for a few assists per season at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityAndColour Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 -Since FM09 Obua left me a good impression. He's good for mid/low teams Hard to get a WP for though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Parker Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I always try and sign different players in each game I start. But if ever start as a bigger club, I always add Siem De Jong to my shortlist, dunno why, he's just epic in every game I play him in. I always find it funny that in every team thread in the good player forum the teams always end up with the same people after a few years. Its the only flaw with the CA/PA system IMO but cant really do anything about that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Spiral Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Will Hughes on FM13, if I'm at a club where I can afford him. Though I spend a lot of time in Lower Leagues and in foreign countries, so usually buy players I've never heard of. Used to have loads on previous versions, lots who have been mentioned already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBKalle Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I usually try to avoid signing the "usual suspects" and I usually succeed because I tend not to play in Top Leagues from the get go (I usually play my first long-time save as Rosenborg). So by the time I make it to a reasonable level of reputation or to a bigger club, most of those "great signings" are either too old or too expensive. A couple of FMs ago though, Dawid Janczyk was THE striker to have at a mid-low level club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Things Could Get Messi Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I don't try to sign the same players on each save. I buy what I need and prefer regen youngsters to the one's that start in the game. The only player I have signed a lot in the last couple of years is Anderson because Man Utd never want him, he's cheap and happy to come to a Premier League team that is not in the top 6. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
css_matt Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 At the moment Adryan Wellington Nem Ademilson Adam Maher Kovacic Ginter Okore Chris Solly (Excellent defensive RB, mentals make up for his technique) Previous FMs Camacho Gourcuff (that one where he went from average to world beater in about 6 months, without doing anything!) Lukaku Asenjo Sakho Moutinho The other one from sporting who I forget Shelvey before he went liverpool (CAFC fan so yeah) M'Vila Srna Vrsajko Romario Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodds' Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Used to always buy Fierro, however on here they want atleast £5m first season. So Welly Nem is the one for me, he's been incredible! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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