Jump to content

FM 2008: Manchester United - Home of the Red Devils


Dayle Wood

Recommended Posts

Right here is my 2nd season update. I have finished this season and now well into my 3rd. I am also the Czech Republic manager now after a very good second season.

Transfers

transfersip8.jpg

transfersip8.cb71a3d3cb.jpg

Transfers Cont.

transfers2nx8.jpg

transfers2nx8.4c919a2551.jpg

League Table

newoy3.jpg

newoy3.69807754c6.jpg

Fa Cup

facupls5.jpg

facupls5.2529140805.jpg

European Cup

euromo8.jpg

euromo8.608efcf425.jpg

I also won the League Cup beating Arsenal 1-0 in the final.

More to follow...

Link to post
Share on other sites

  • Replies 5.8k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Season 3

Transfers

transferslz9.jpg

transferslz9.6b795f1bf0.jpg

Transfers Cont

transfers2gy0.jpg

transfers2gy0.10ca10528e.jpg

Squad

squaddq9.jpg

squaddq9.faa42a38eb.jpg

So I have 16 million left for the January Transfer Window do you guys think I need to improve anywhere?

Let me know your thoughts!

Cheers

Link to post
Share on other sites

Start Of Season 2

After a pretty good 1st season in charge i have decided to make some rather big changes to the squad with loads of sales and 39 players signed in the transfer window. Won the CS 2-1 against a strong Arsenal side with Rooney getting a brace, and am 3 wins in 3 games in the league so far, also won the Euro super cup 1-0 against a cech inspired chelsea team. Been given a CL group of Man Utd, Porto, Monaco & Grasshopper (should be to much trouble)

Transfers In & Out (Main)

In

Lubos Kalouda - £1.5M

Giles Barnes - £3M

Marco Amelia - £6.5M

Sébastien Puygrenier - £4M

Javier Saviola - £4.1M

Andrea Pirlo - £7.5M

Younes Kaboul - £6M

Zdravko Kuzmanovic - £15.25M Total (Was co-owned)

Zaccardo, Barnetta, Pander, Motta - Free

And some youth

Out

Gerard Pique - £19.5M

Jimmy Briand - £16.5M

Carlos Tevez - £24.5M

Michael Carrick - £17.25M

Tomasz Kuszczak - £5M

Owen Hargreaves - £15M

Wes Brown - £5M

Most others are loans out

The New 1st Team Squad

06032008061636uu3.th.jpg

Kaboul to be starting DM unless i play Pirlo there and then a midfield duo of Kuz & Anderson, Moses is contesting Rooney for his starting place while Sakho just improves \o/

happy with the squad

Link to post
Share on other sites

Finished first season at Man Utd a few days ago. Won the Community shield, Premiership and European Cup, beating Barca 5-2 in the final & got manager of the year. So far, haven't brought in any new players, although promoted a few from the reserves like Frazier Campbell & Ben Foster. The board sold Pique for just over £8m but apart from that, it's the same Man U squad.

New season's started now and won the community shield again against Chelsea. Will probably bring in a few new players to get ready to replace Giggsy, Scholes & Van Der Sar in the near future. Was going to sign Lloris but he signed a new contract so need to find an established keeper for this season, although Tomasz Kuszczak has been doing well so might keep him as first choice keeper.

I now have a transfer budget of almost sixty million for this season, some I'm looking for quality players and to keep Ronaldo (won player of the year), Nani (won young player of the year & getting offers of over £20m for him), Anderson, Tevez & Rooney as the main players at the club.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Bought Daniel Alves first season, very expensive but more than worth the money. The fans love him, and me for signing him.

i watch every match and he always makes the most interceptions and hasnt missed a game for me so far. But is cup tied in Euro.

He is a very fiery young brazilian and picks up many yellow card and has been banned once for this. as of yet no red straigh reds have been issued to him.

Richards would be very expensive due to the rivalry, but Alves can be cheap if you strategicly unsettle him. he provides any team with an attacking ability. I use him on the right with marcelo on the left. both pushing foreward. with Vidic and Ferdinand sitting deep. Yet to loose a match and am in January.

Hope this helps

Link to post
Share on other sites

Originally posted by jakecullen:

wasnt going well for me in my last carrer so decided to start a new game with united

i always sign henri saivet for free within 3 seasons hes wort 35 mil !

any tips for players to replase neville scholes giggs vds

First of all good luck.

Henri Saivet is a class player and there are alot of youth players waiting to be snapped up on the cheap. (Iago, Thiago, Wijnaldum, sankhere etc..)

I usually occupy the Rb spot with Daniel alves and usually sell either Brown or O'Shea, depends on who you prefer. so you then have a Rb "selection" of Alves/Neville?Brown or O'Shea.

Sell Silvestre (I got 5 million but you must be patient) then activated the 5.5 mill release clause for Marcelo, a 50k per week untill 2010 usually does the trick with app and goal bonuses and an inticing signing on fee. hes a class player and is first choice ahead of Evra in my team.

I usually replace Scholes with Steven Defour.. well what a kid.. can get on the cheap.. very cheap 2.5 mill+ unsubstantial clauses.. the young belgian is lots better than Anderson.. Anderson usually goes on Load to Fc bayern untill Scholes Job is done.. so i then have 2 young Amc's in Anderson and defour.

Van Der Sar can still do a good job in the first season. But i sign Ochoa on the cheap in the first season, i loaned him on a season loan to Ajax, this is good experience for him and he improves alot. in a recent comparison n January fiorst season he is better with one on ones.

I usually find the club has a natural sucessor of Giggs in Nani. but Quaresma can be bought as a backup to both Ronaldo and Nani on both wings, as they are very simular players your tatcics shouldnt need to be altered too much

Again i hope ive helped icon_smile.gif

Link to post
Share on other sites

Originally posted by --Galaxy--:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by jakecullen:

wasnt going well for me in my last carrer so decided to start a new game with united

i always sign henri saivet for free within 3 seasons hes wort 35 mil !

any tips for players to replase neville scholes giggs vds

Thank for the quick reply :p

i hae enough mo ney for defour or ochoa what one should i buy ?

what aboout Hugo Lloris icon_confused.gif

First of all good luck.

Henri Saivet is a class player and there are alot of youth players waiting to be snapped up on the cheap. (Iago, Thiago, Wijnaldum, sankhere etc..)

I usually occupy the Rb spot with Daniel alves and usually sell either Brown or O'Shea, depends on who you prefer. so you then have a Rb "selection" of Alves/Neville?Brown or O'Shea.

Sell Silvestre (I got 5 million but you must be patient) then activated the 5.5 mill release clause for Marcelo, a 50k per week untill 2010 usually does the trick with app and goal bonuses and an inticing signing on fee. hes a class player and is first choice ahead of Evra in my team.

I usually replace Scholes with Steven Defour.. well what a kid.. can get on the cheap.. very cheap 2.5 mill+ unsubstantial clauses.. the young belgian is lots better than Anderson.. Anderson usually goes on Load to Fc bayern untill Scholes Job is done.. so i then have 2 young Amc's in Anderson and defour.

Van Der Sar can still do a good job in the first season. But i sign Ochoa on the cheap in the first season, i loaned him on a season loan to Ajax, this is good experience for him and he improves alot. in a recent comparison n January fiorst season he is better with one on ones.

I usually find the club has a natural sucessor of Giggs in Nani. but Quaresma can be bought as a backup to both Ronaldo and Nani on both wings, as they are very simular players your tatcics shouldnt need to be altered too much

Again i hope ive helped icon_smile.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Link to post
Share on other sites

Originally posted by jakecullen:

first of al thanks icon14.gif

erm had a 9.25 million offer for defour rejected and my scout said ochoa would not be a worthwhile signing?

If you are looking for a decent GK - Enyema (sp) is quality and you can pick him up for £500k if he is still at his original club. He is African though (can't remember which country) so make sure you have someone decent as back up for when he goes off to the African Cup.

Lloris, Costil and a few of the brazilians are also good. Carlos for one.

Your scot may have said that Ochoa is not worth signing as you have good keepers there already - VDS, Foster and Kuszhazk (sp) are all quality anyway.

Preston Edwards is one for the future.

Ustari is also quality.

Does anyone think Matias Fernandez (the chilean player at villerial) is worth playing ahead of Giggs in the first season?

Link to post
Share on other sites

Manchester United 2nd season

Okay so i'm now 10 games into the second season and looking good. Still using that 4-1-2-2-1 with short passing.

I especially tried to move out some players that really disappointed me and bring in players that would improve the squad or give the depth needed for some positions.

Transfers

Tried to not overdo with my budget but still ended up spending €66M for 14 players. But i've also been selling and cashed in on some 1st team players like Carlos Tevez, Nani, Piatti and Samba. Collected a grand total of €72M

transfersis3.png

Let go of a lot of fringe players who were in the reserves and brought in some new regens that i think can make it (scout report had to be at least EPL standard)

Youth Setup

I had also decided to have a clear out with the youth squad. Went to all the coach reports and if the potential was not EPL standard they could leave on a free. Luckily enough most of them were at least going to become decent EPL players with some standing out to become leading prem players. Moved the best to the reserves as they'll face stiffer opponents there.

The most pleasing prospects are:

John Fleck (ex-rangers)

Mergim Hereqi (ex-Stromsgodset)

Joshua King (original player)

Adrian Bennet (Man Utd youth product -> Regen)

Antonio (ex-Barcelona regen)

Julien Thomas (ex-Lyon regen)

Terry Reid (Man Utd youth product -> Regen)

Most notable players out on loan are Kieran Lee (Barnsley), Possebon (Hibernian), Kirill Kombarov (Antwerp), Winston van Dijk (Regen on loan at Antwerp), Iago (Hibernian), Aquino (Hibernian) and Federico Macheda (Barnsley). Most of them are performing really well at the moment.

Current Season

We have suffered a real setback by being beaten 3-1 by Liverpool. We were totally dominated, but everyone has their off day. But we also went on to beat a lacklustre Tottenham 2-0, a very weak Newcastle 3-0 and drew 3-3 against a VERY lucky Chelsea.

English Premier League

We are in the Champions League group A of the group stages together with Milan, Zenit St. Petersburg and AEK. We've beaten both Zenit & Milan 2-1 to collect all 6points.

We've beaten Fulham 3-2 in the League Cup 3rd round. Wich reminds me of the Community shield where we beat them 3-1 to clinch our first prize of the season!

Summary

I've still got a feeling of "almost-being-there-but-still-not-there". I've got a good squad alltogether, maybe a bit weaker than last year in some compartments. Altough our RB and MC's have been strengthened a lot, our strike force seems to have lost it a bit. Altough Pozzi has proved to be a great asset in some games, Rooney has lost fire and Adriano is still adapting to our game. Vennegoor is more or less a tutor/minor games player atm.

Heitinga on the other hand is playing both Brown and Simpson out of the team, despite being injury prone!

teamda6.png

What's next?

I feel a bit weakened on the wings and am looking around for possible targets with Ashley Young top of the list and Gabriel Obertan being a foreign solution.

Modric would've been bliss, but Milan got him atm. Alex Teixeira might also be an interesting option with Giles Barnes being an English option. Ex-Chelsea player Salomon Kalou could even make my call if he keeps his performances like this at Zaragoza.

Other than that i'm looking for a 20-25 year old-ish Goalkeeper that might even replace Lobont until Bennett will start coming through!

Other than that i'll keep looking for those young talented players i love so much, especially English or Belgian!

Hints, tips, suggestions and praising are very welcome!

Link to post
Share on other sites

Originally posted by Barnetboyz:

sold tevez fairly cheap imo icon_frown.gif

and whats JVoH doing there? icon_biggrin.gif isn't he fairly shat?

for keepers Amelia is amazing, starts rising quite a bit of me aswell (can provide screenie if ya wanticon_smile.gif)

I've got some clauses on Tevez too mate icon_wink.gif

JVoH has done pretty well for me last season, tbh he's a good player. Good player to hold up balls and is a fav of mine on this game as he killed Chelsea twice last year icon_smile.gif! Sheer class!

I'll have a look at Amelia, screenie would be great too!

Link to post
Share on other sites

well for me this tactic (in the thread Tactic) with MUFC seeemed to just give me decent results with 5 straight 2-0 wins followed by a draw 1-1 with celtic and then another 1-0 & 2-1 win .<so far bottom half premier league teams>

due to the small no. of goals scored ,i was gona decide upon the result of my next game w/ chelsea if i continue with it.

BAMM!!

10-0!!!!1

no kidn.no cheating.no penalty.

rooney scored 8 GOALS!!!!!!!

prior to the game only tevez had scored bwn my 3 strikers with luis fabiano<slightly improved with editor> on 0.

check it out..58kb saved game.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ymivextx2ru

.so i guess i'll continue with the tactic..

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY i tweaked the tactic RIGHT BEFORE the AMAZING CHELSEA GAME. increased through balls as shown AND the team instructions by making passing short and tempo fast and counter attack

i'll conclude that this tactic dint help my strkers much until it was tweaked..

will l8r post hw the tweaked tactic goes on for me after 10-0.

Link to post
Share on other sites

hey guys thought i would post about my united game. going into 2nd season now , won prem in 1st season so have made the champions league my priority for this season. here is my first team squad http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/shinyazz/iview...5_06_2008_time_1.jpg

im thinking about adding a striker to the squad , im on the 8.0 patch any ideas.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Does anyone else have the problem of having too many good players? got loads of youth that I should play but I've also got most of the original squad.

Brought Veloso, Owen in first season, then youth of Saivet, Sahko, wjindlim, luilinha, baxter in first season

2nd season I brought Silva and Agurero

I can't give them all a game. Also kept Pique and Evans and Simpson.

I've heard that some people play one team in the league and another in the euro cup. does that work?

Link to post
Share on other sites

Originally posted by jakecullen:

hitcy could you not get a rotation system in there ? icon_confused.gif

Yes, I try that, but the team seems to be inconsistent when I rotate.

It's my problem for buying too many players!

Link to post
Share on other sites

Just started a Man Utd game for the first time, first big team as well. Set myself as a sunday league footballer, now most of the team has poor morale thinking I cannot deliver. It may also have something to do with setting my favorite team as Liverpool. I'm fan of neither. icon_razz.gif

Sold Oshit(10m) and Fetcher(20m) to Newcastle and Portsmouth respectively, the usual suspects for buying pedestrian players for ridiculous prices.

Highlight is getting ben arfa for 10.5m, surprised myself. Modric went to Milan and VDV got too expensive.

Didn't get favorite like sakho cos he's dirty and injury prone.

manus1transferem4.th.jpg

Link to post
Share on other sites

Yeah, tevez scored 4 in the FA cup final aswell, and 2 in the champo final, but i got rooney up-front, and so i will have nasri/giggs/nani on the left.

if 40mill is too much for nasri, who should i get for AML which has an arrow to up-front??????

Link to post
Share on other sites

Originally posted by england2110:

Yeah, tevez scored 4 in the FA cup final aswell, and 2 in the champo final, but i got rooney up-front, and so i will have nasri/giggs/nani on the left.

if 40mill is too much for nasri, who should i get for AML which has an arrow to up-front??????

Matias Fernandez

Link to post
Share on other sites

Originally posted by england2110:

Yeah, tevez scored 4 in the FA cup final aswell, and 2 in the champo final, but i got rooney up-front, and so i will have nasri/giggs/nani on the left.

if 40mill is too much for nasri, who should i get for AML which has an arrow to up-front??????

Matias Fernandez!

Link to post
Share on other sites

Originally posted by Hitchy:

Does anyone else have the problem of having too many good players? got loads of youth that I should play but I've also got most of the original squad.

Brought Veloso, Owen in first season, then youth of Saivet, Sahko, wjindlim, luilinha, baxter in first season

2nd season I brought Silva and Agurero

I can't give them all a game. Also kept Pique and Evans and Simpson.

I've heard that some people play one team in the league and another in the euro cup. does that work?

I faced the same problem. Had decided that as they pass 20 they will be given a chance to cement a first place. They had been on loan so far.

For this reason,I sold Carlos Tevez and Pique. Ronaldo will be out next season for real life reasons. I have also sold a lot of my young ST as I find that I perform better with FC.

Whereas before it was easy for me to bring someone from the bench to change a game, I now have to be more careful as the youngsters have yet to reach an adequate level of skill n consistency.

jakecullen-Sign Alex Tex and Breno. Breno is already world class at 21/22 in my game. Alex Tex is worth £19.5m after 3 seasons and does a lot of assists.

Link to post
Share on other sites

had a great 2011/2012 season with my man utd team as i went thru the premier league with only one loss which was after i won the league(from now on i hate derby) icon_wink.gif I won a quadruple(if that's how you say it) with a spectacular win over barca, vidic scored a hat-trick(thanks to the corner routine) but anyway i destroyed them.

Here's my general season stats, btw I wanted to get into a character so my manager name is the king cantona, im managing france also.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Originally posted by Barnetboyz:

just managed to sign Sergio Ramos for a huge £34.5M (january of 2nd season)

but where do i play him? CB or RB? icon_frown.gif

Best RB in game imo, play him there unless you plan on selling Rio.

Also for corners put him on Attack Near Post and Vidic on Challenge Gk and they will get you loads of goals.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Originally posted by baz1:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Barnetboyz:

just managed to sign Sergio Ramos for a huge £34.5M (january of 2nd season)

but where do i play him? CB or RB? icon_frown.gif

Best RB in game imo, play him there unless you plan on selling Rio.

Also for corners put him on Attack Near Post and Vidic on Challenge Gk and they will get you loads of goals. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Vidic doesn't start too many games for me as Sakho looks to take over

Link to post
Share on other sites

Hi guys, i have a question. I'm in season 2 and january, recieved an offer for anderson from real madrid. Just tried my luck with 33million and Robben player exchange. And they actually accepted it. I have the original squad plus additions of Moutinho and Veloso. Should i push through the deal?

Link to post
Share on other sites

Just started my 2nd season. In 1st season won CHARITY SHIELD, FA CUP and LEAGUE CUP, came 2nd in League...drew last game of the season which I had to win so lost League by 1 point, Arsenal won it, Lost in CL FINAL against Arsenal...grrrzzz hate Arsenal.

Just started 2nd season and beat Arsenal in CHARITY SHIELD.

Here are my transfers so far: Had to buy Daniel Alves...I believe its money well spent because sold O'shea for 5 million as Pasanen is much better, so I can say Alves + Pasanen both cost 36.5 million together to strenthen right back position.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...