likesiamesefish Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I have played since CM2 and at the time there was a Man Utd youngster called Phil Whittam who played left back and was just about good enough to be your back up for the season. I was only 9 or 10 at the time but I remember he scored the winner against Juventus for me once and then whenever I'd start a new game, I'd always give him loads of game time and he used to perform quite well! I remember thinking he was going to be a superstar. I just checked and he never played a single game of professional football and retired after leaving Utd in the summer of '96 but he'll always be a legend to me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyburn Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Rungratsamee. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJHoutman88 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 For me it was Max Clauss on FM07. He played at Brommapojkarna in Sweden, the team I managed, and he was an absolute beast right from the start, essentially because he was tall and strong. He was completely incapable of kicking a football, but he kept averaging an 8 basically throughout his career with us, including winning European trophies, not in the least because my corner set-up meant he was deadly. Eventually I became Sweden manager and we very nearly won the WC with Clauss as my main CB. Similarly, on my Dag & Red on the same game I managed to get a Welsh regen cheap from Connah's Quay while we were in League Two. His name was Steve Whitehead, and he was similarly tall (203 cm I believe, definitely over 200) and grew into a 20-goal-a-season man in the Championship based on his heading and strength alone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
likesiamesefish Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 minute ago, PJHoutman88 said: For me it was Max Clauss on FM07. He played at Brommapojkarna in Sweden, the team I managed, and he was an absolute beast right from the start, essentially because he was tall and strong. He was completely incapable of kicking a football, but he kept averaging an 8 basically throughout his career with us, including winning European trophies, not in the least because my corner set-up meant he was deadly. Eventually I became Sweden manager and we very nearly won the WC with Clauss as my main CB. Similarly, on my Dag & Red on the same game I managed to get a Welsh regen cheap from Connah's Quay while we were in League Two. His name was Steve Whitehead, and he was similarly tall (203 cm I believe, definitely over 200) and grew into a 20-goal-a-season man in the Championship based on his heading and strength alone. Yeah I get nostalgic for those days as well. That was one of my all time favourite versions of FM actually. Fabrice Muamba and Javier Acuna dominating Europe with Birmingham is a save I remember. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnip Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Niklas Alexandersson - could play in literally any outfield position on the pitch. Brilliant to have on the bench, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkelse Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Phil Whittam here 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialOne Miko Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Anatoli Todorov. Best striker in CM 03-04, and many after that one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorianAlbert9 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Daniel Braaten and Fabio Paim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luizinho Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Carlos Fierro 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
haslertweets Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Julius Aghahowa 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rofocale Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Sherman Cardenas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorrenmills Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Kennedy Bakircioglu 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I mean, Cherno Samba will always be the one I think about .. But for fm2006 as the start of the series for real ... has to be the african duo... L. Mokoena and Benedict Vilakazi or Fredy Guarin ... amazing players.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadsheep2001 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Yohan Gourcuff <3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
likesiamesefish Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 2 hours ago, birkelse said: Phil Whittam here Haha brilliant - thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
likesiamesefish Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 18 minutes ago, sorrenmills said: Kennedy Bakircioglu A true legend. Sweden had so many wonderkids back then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluedude Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Benoit Costil - Used to sign his on FM07 or 08 can't remember which with a bunch of other free French players, Samir Nasri and Yohan Gourcuf, I believe they came from some academy? Anyway Costil would always be good enough to stick with me for many promotion campaigns and winners medals no matter what save I was playing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roykela Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Javier Saviola. Banged in goals for fun. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gold Guard Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Fierro gang who up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnShaft Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) Haruna Babangida. Took me up like four divisions to the Prem, after which Man U wanted him; I said "no". Regen-wise, I bought an 18-year-old named Fernando who was the "Brazilian Pele", and playing up front on his own, he was a one-man strikeforce, carving up Serie A for years. These were both many, many years ago. Edited January 31, 2020 by JohnShaft Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Justin Georcelin and Shane Tolley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloyd1990 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 4 hours ago, roykela said: Javier Saviola. Banged in goals for fun. And Mido! Freddy Adu too. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saihtam Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 There have been several, but most constant on my buy list when he appeared on FM and sometimes I still get him as he is decent. Dont know the reason why. M'Baye Niang 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkelse Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Here is what i can find about him https://www.transfermarkt.com/savas-stavridis/leistungsdaten/spieler/11444 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrarinseb Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 My first version is FM 16. Wonder kid - Kuki in FM 16 Regen Wonder Kid - Jean Bonin also from FM 16. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyburn Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Actually my very very first wonderkid love was Joe Cole. 16. In a West Ham team that had Lampard and Ferdinand. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Back in FM13, I started a journeyman save at Havant & Waterlooville. Imagine my surprise when in the first season I got a wonderkid in my intake - a CM called Phil Swift. He ended up playing in the Premier League, both for me at Everton and later for Arsenal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dire_f Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 There have also been some amazing goalkeeper wonderkids through the years. Rune Almenning Jarstein was a cheap beast ages ago, and Guillermo Ochoa turned into the best gk in the world (along with Akinfeev). However if we include regens it's difficult for me to not mention Amadou Vrillon, who I signed, as a 17 year old, from PSG for somewhere around £90m back in FM13, if I remember correctly. Best player I've ever seen on FM, in relation to other players in the same version (disregarding the Gerrards and Ibras with fourteen 20's back in the early FMs). This screenshot sums him up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorrenmills Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 What's even more telling is that the regen face from a version 7 years ago looks better than the monstrosities we currently have. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Back n 2002/3 maybe, I signed a wonderkid from Sporting that had been highlighted in one of the wonderkid shortlists somewhere on the net. C Ronaldo was duly signed although to be honest I don't remember if he was successful or not and he was eventually moved on to better things. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyzer Soze Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I guess it was Saviola and Aimar, both from River Plate. It was great trying to sign them at such a young age. But, the first player i remember always signing him, was probably Daniel Fonseca, back in days of Championship Manager Italia. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 15 minutes ago, Keyzer Soze said: I guess it was Saviola and Aimar, both from River Plate. It was great trying to sign them at such a young age. But, the first player i remember always signing him, was probably Daniel Fonseca, back in days of Championship Manager Italia. Awww man.. reminds me of one of my favourite players in the fm series.. Kiki Fonseca... what a striker, in fm10 i think.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halofon Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I remember buying young Giorgio Chielini - not sure if we was wonderkid though. Aaaand Marco Verratti. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyzer Soze Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Welshace said: Awww man.. reminds me of one of my favourite players in the fm series.. Kiki Fonseca... what a striker, in fm10 i think.. Was he good in FM10? I remember that in real life he play for one season for Benfica....and it was horrible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy_Wonda Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Erik Nevland on CM9798... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sud2002 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Marcelo Salas, one of the late 90s CMs, you could get him for around a £1m! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajt Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Fredy Guarin legend of a DM 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross_Ballon Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 On 30/01/2020 at 10:37, likesiamesefish said: I have played since CM2 and at the time there was a Man Utd youngster called Phil Whittam who played left back and was just about good enough to be your back up for the season. I was only 9 or 10 at the time but I remember he scored the winner against Juventus for me once and then whenever I'd start a new game, I'd always give him loads of game time and he used to perform quite well! I remember thinking he was going to be a superstar. I just checked and he never played a single game of professional football and retired after leaving Utd in the summer of '96 but he'll always be a legend to me! Henri Saivet how the mighty have fallen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross_Ballon Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Sud2002 said: Marcelo Salas, one of the late 90s CMs, you could get him for around a £1m! yeah but back then 1 million was still a lot ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross_Ballon Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Domineco Barredi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMan Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Jamie McMaster was the first one I remember. He always turned out amazing in his first game... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJHoutman88 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 9 minutes ago, GuitarMan said: Jamie McMaster was the first one I remember. He always turned out amazing in his first game... CM 01/02, the Australian AMR at Leeds? He's etched into my brain for some reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
likesiamesefish Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 6 hours ago, Boy_Wonda said: Erik Nevland on CM9798... Another United hero! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMan Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 minute ago, PJHoutman88 said: CM 01/02, the Australian AMR at Leeds? He's etched into my brain for some reason. That’s the one. Can’t remember the year but definitely the player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross_Ballon Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 15 hours ago, birkelse said: Here is what i can find about him https://www.transfermarkt.com/savas-stavridis/leistungsdaten/spieler/11444 Mon the gers !!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkaldfraNorden Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Eldar Hadzimehmedovic. Had 3 up front with Hadzimehmedovic / Tsigalko / To Madeira on CM 01/ 02 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dioniz Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Andri Sigthorson and Maxim Tsigalko Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoGdy Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 The finnish legend, Mika Aaritalo. I dunno which version of Fm, but I always bought him for nothing and he was such a beast.Could play him AMR/AML/ST. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammayel666 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 John Curtis in CM2 would always be released by Man Utd and sign for anyone. Many times he led us up the leagues. O'Neill Donaldson from Sheff Wed seemed to have random attributes but in at least one save he scored 50+ goals a season for me as an F R (back when that was a position) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkelse Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Tommy Svindal Larsen, was my first player, i sign in my frist cm game. But maybe not a wonderkid. Lionel Morgan could be a wonderkid:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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