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18 hours ago, Weston said:
Funny, he's actually at Lazio in mine and not *that* amazing.
I mean, good, yes, but none of the players you guys are ranting and raving about are really that special for me! But that's good, I'm glad they have some randomness coded in so we all have equally feasible possibilities in the spread of virtual reality.
I'd still have him in my team haha, I reckon there isn't a lot of difference between him in yours and mine.
I've taken him on loan for the next two years, just have to pay his astronomical wage haha
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https://i.gyazo.com/103b6eb914327d399e9dfa6c5f79b3d6.mp4
Now I remember why I wanted to bring Tonali back to Roma <3
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I tend to sub 90% of the time.
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On 11/06/2020 at 11:29, Stackalee said:
I mean, they pretty much always do well first season - mostly on the strength of Ronaldo. But just in the last few pages of this thread there are something like 7 instances of Juve finishing a league season on 80 or fewer points, which is disappointing imo and should probably be a more rare occurrence.
Edit - sorry to hear about your form, hopefully it will pick up. 4-1-2-1-2 can be very solid in this years edition, for mine I found that some specific man marking by the central midfielders was important to avoid being overloaded on the wings.
Juve seem to be trash on my save. I'm in season 6 and they haven't even challenged for the league since season 2 and they've had a bad start this year too. One man team what?
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AS Roma - Season 6 Update
Transfers
Most transfers brought in this season were with the future in mind. Braaf came in to replace the outgoing Diaby, who has been a good servant for the club over the last few years. Try as we may, I couldn't agree a deal to bring Tonali back permanently. Some massive outgoings were made though, when Karl came back off loan, he wanted more first team football that I couldn't guarantee him, so he went out, whilst Tony Heintz came in to replace him for a tidy profit. Oscar Torres also leaves us after a big bid came in from China in January. He was a good player but he never quite fit the style for one position, was always a couple of attributes short. Celso Estevao will be the long term replacement for him at RB, he won't be able to be registered until the new season though. Jayden Bogle was brought in on loan in January to provide cover at RB after Torres left.
Results
We had our best season yet in Serie A, but it was not enough for the unstoppable Inter team. They were unreal from the very beginning and our results of just one point from six against them certainly didn't help. At least this gives me more motivation to go on and topple them next year though, it's not all plain sailing, even after making us into one of the biggest clubs in the world. Next year, we take our title back.
A really disappointing effort in the cup this year, as Fiorentina knocked us out at the semi final stage with ease. They went on to win it, beating league winners Inter in the final.
After getting through a pretty easy group with 16 points from a possible 18, we were drawn against Atletico in the first KO round. I thought it would be a pretty tough draw but we brushed them aside with ease, with Esposito on killer form. Then came the challenge of United, who beat us in the final two years ago. We took a two goal lead to Old Trafford but it wasn't enough, a brace from Rashford took us into extra time. It was here our boys turned up though and two goals were enough to send us into a semi final date with Real. A nice 3-2 aggregate win saw us through here and we would meet yet another team from Spain in the final.
Absolutely gutting. Unfortunately though, it was the story of our season. An early goal from Mancini was cancelled out by two quickfire goals from Barca then we couldn't shift a gear for the rest of the game, we were poor and didn't really deserve it. A great run though and our third straight Champions League final.
Other Competitions
With victories over A.C. Milan and Lazio respectively, we become both UEFA Super Cup and Supercoppa champions, but everybody knows that they aren't the trophies you want to go home with.
After a long hard season, the lads had to come back off holiday to play in the Club World Cup. After an impressive group stage performance, we drew Liverpool in the Quarters, who we turned over fairly easily. Three days later though, although we dominated, PSG were clinical and took their chances, we ended up having to score in the last minute of extra time to even take it to penalties, which we eventually lost. Typically though, we dispatched of Barca with ease in the 3rd place playoff, where was this performance two months ago?
Player of the Season
Even though he is now one of our oldest squad members, since dropping back to a deeper role in central midfield, our captain Lorenzo Pellegrini had an amazing season. With 17 assists and 7 goals in 43 competitive games, he was great for us this season, I think it was his best yet. Other notables include Esposito, who bagged 28 in 38 apps in all comps, and new signing Leandrinho, who got 12 goals and 4 assists in 43 apps. I expect more from both next season though.
This season was probably the most disappointing so far, but it only motivates me more to go and get our titles back next season. For now though, FORZA ROMA!!!
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On 30/05/2020 at 20:56, Grifty said:
Imagine scoring 8 and getting an assist in 1 game and not getting MoM
Nice win!
How do you get the player ratings screen to show CHC and KEY?
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3 minutes ago, jonathan44 said:
@oakesypvfc Really nice treble, I think theres something fun around changing the guard, even more so with money. How did Riccardi come along for you? I can't see him in your squad but in 2024 he should be ready?
I've managed to get my main man (please remember this is pre-patch)! His agent put in the release clause unfortunately, but I'm more realistic, if someone offers £24 million it's great business for me. If not a quick contract renewal might sweaten the deal. This is pretty much the max I could offer him, first time he agreed to discuss terms his agent walked away as the yearly wage rise wasn't optional and I couldn't afford to keep it in without dropping his weekly wage alot. I might try to go for a flat 4-4-2, it's something I haven't tried on this engine yet to try and get the most from Haaland and Salcedo.
I ended up releasing him after he went out on loan a couple of times, he didn't look quite good enough unfortunately
Nice signing in Haaland! Is he the only reason you started pre-patch? :P
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Season 5 Update
Transfers
Not too many deals were made this season, we brought a couple of frees in to make profit on, ala Brandon Williams, Jean Pyerre and Aaron Ramsey, who we went on to sell. We brought in Tonali on loan, who was a great signing for us, no loan fee and covering his wages was a bargain. Leandrinho was signed for a club record fee and loaned back to Bremen till the end of the season, he will be a key feature next season. Levy was a good signing for us but not quite ready to feature in the first team. We made a whopping £20 million from loaning players out this season, an improvement of £9 million from last year.
Results
We win the year for the third straight year, this year being our biggest points haul to date, and also our biggest winning margin. It was nice not to go down to the wire like it has in past years. A whopping 29 goal campaign from Esposito helped us along the way as he picks up his first Top Goalscorer award for Serie A. It will now be about keeping him as English clubs sniff around him.
We went all the way in the Coppa Italia, winning the trophy for a third time. It was even sweeter, getting a late winner to quell our rivals Lazio, with both our centre halves on target. We were sadly beaten easily by Inter in the Super Cup, an embarassing 5-1 defeat.
We weren't given the easiest of groups, but we progressed as group winners, with an impressive five wins from six, which netted us what I thought would be a fairly comfortable 1st KO round tie with Valencia. This was anything but though, as we fell to a 4-2 defeat at the Mestalla, completely outplayed. However, the boys turned it on in the second leg, with a comfortable 3-0 win at Olimpico. A tie with surprise outfit Marseille was gifted to us in the quarter final and what a performance we put in at their place. A 6-1 win with Talles getting 4 was breathtaking, and we could afford to rest players in our 1-0 win back at Olimpico. This set up a semi final showdown with Barcelona. Talles gave us an early lead in the first leg before being pegged back in the second half and beaten, but we had our away goal. A performance akin to the one against Valencia followed though as Talles once again lead the charge and Barcelona were beaten easily at Fortress Olimpico.
This set us up a final with Premier League champions Liverpool, knowing we hadn't got a great record against English teams, I didn't hope for the best for us.
And what a game it was. We went behind early to a Bobby Firmino goal from a free kick and didn't really show what we could do all game. In the 94th minute it happened though. Alisson made an absolute howler, rolling it out to his defender who was quickly depossessed by Zaniolo, who struck home into an open net. So into extra time we went. There was only one team with the momentum and Champions league hero Talles Magno struck home to put Roma in front. Five minutes later, a header from Mancini sealed the deal and Roma were crowned Champions of Europe for the first time.
What a great season it was for the boys. Esposito stayed fit all season long and came back with 37 goals from over 50 appearances. Donnarumma was ever present in our goal whilst Magno was our hero in Europe, with 11 goals from 11 games. Loanee Sandro Tonali was very impressive in his first season for us, unfortunately it wouldn't be financially frugal to make that loan deal permanent, but who knows, maybe we can extend it to next year. With Cristante already agreed a deal to join Real Madrid for £57 million and Tonali unlikely to re-join us next season, we will see a bit of a changing of the guard, especially with Leandrinho joining up with the club proper. It shall be very interesting if we can complete another treble next year.
For now though, we celebrate our success. FORZA ROMA
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1 minute ago, quee said:
For January I'm not sure then. As you can only clear one non-EU quota per season. I would assume you did one in the summer already?
Remember, this is only for South Americans. I did this in FM19, thought it was a great plan. Loan out for 2 seasons and come back with Spanish passport. Problem was, some players will miss the cut off point by a few days or weeks - depending when you bought them and then when you managed to find a Spanish club to loan them, and then you had to loan them for a 3rd season. Some didn't even process their EU application straight away.
It is assuming any Spanish clubs want them anyway, I had 2 or 3 players who just wouldn't generate any interest from Spain and had to sit in the reserves doing nothing. Remember, they need non-EU eligibility to even play in the u20s.
All of this was of course in FM19, it might have gotten better now in FM20.
Yeah, I think the summer one was used by the loanee that I got, now he is gone, I may actually have that one I'm freeing, plus one that I'm allowed anyway, we'll soon see haha
Yeah no probs, will give it a try anyway, hopefully they'll be wanted by Spanish clubs.
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1 minute ago, quee said:
1 is not registered but 1 is only on loan anyway and is leaving then the 1 not registered will take his place?
Tried to get my head around it since though
If I understand it correctly, I think yes, the not registered player will get the newly vacated non-EU slot. Hence, if you buy a new non-EU in the summer, he might not be available to be register since the not registered player was already there before him.
I had an example of a similar situation on FM19 below.
I signed a new non-EU player and he arrived on July 3rd. When checking his registration, I was unable to. I tried releasing a non-EU player who was out of contract after this, but the status didn't changed.
I reloaded it and tried it a different way. I released the out of contract non-EU player on June 30th, and when the new player arrived he was able to be registered.
So, I think having the non-EU slot vacant before any new arrival arriving plays a factor in their registration status as well.
This is why I always follow the non-EU rules in FM20, didn't enjoy it in FM19 when I couldn't use some players.
Fair enough yes, you completely got what I was saying. It means I'll be able to register the guy I signed in Jan that I didn't register.
By the looks of it though, nothing is stopping me signing non-EU players in and loaning them out to say Spain for example, until they get citizenship and are able to be EU
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4 minutes ago, quee said:
I want to say yes but I don't understand what you meant
What bit don't you understand, sorry for confusing you
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2 minutes ago, quee said:
It depends on how many you already have when you get the non-EU notification in your inbox. Can't remember the top of my head, but if you only have one, you can bring in 3(?) I think, one of them on limited eligibility. Will check them later for you on the rules written in the game.
As for the loaning, I don't do it myself as I found it messed up the registration eligibility order when I did in FM19, but Weston said you should be fine.
I currently have 7 at the club who are non-EU, 6 registered and 1 not. 1 of them is leaving as he is only on loan, so maybe the guy that's not registered will take his place?
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1 minute ago, quee said:
From experience, you can registered the player in the order they arrived at your club. So, the January signing will take precedence over a new Summer signing for example.
Okay, so I can only register one new one per season? That mean I can buy in non-EU and loan them out, as long as I don't need to register?
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After nearly 5 years of managing in Italy, I'm still not totally 100%, can I buy and loan out a non-EU player and it won't count as my one in per season? Also, what about registering a non-EU player that signed in January but was not previously registered.
Absolute clarification on the rule from anyone would be amazing, cheers guys
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5 minutes ago, RVP32 said:
Well, technical attributes are nothing special (Really similar to your Esposito) while mental stats are slightly better and more well rounded compared to him but physically he's an absolute beast.
But yeah, I got this same feeling with Boadu every save tbh. He always becomes bang average. There are just some players who don't get good unless you manage them.
I thought my Esposito had turned out pretty damn good thankyou very much 😂
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10 minutes ago, RVP32 said:
Thank you! Looks really good at that age and he looks really similar to Pellegri in terms of striker type so that's an exciting feat to see him on the left alongside the man himself!
I'm surprised Pellegri gets that good tbh, looks bang average on my save under AI management
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18 minutes ago, RVP32 said:
Do you have a screenshot of Esposito by any chance? Got him in in Januari and am going to groom him into an inside forward on the left to play alongside Pellegri but I'm interested to see where his ceiling lays.
That's him in 2024 at age of 21, think he still has some progression left in him aswell
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After losing 2-1 in first leg of semi final, I expected a horrendously tight second leg. What a performance from the boys, we now play Liverpool in the Champions League final at Puskas Arena and hope to go one better than last year. FORZA ROMA <3
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46 minutes ago, Weston said:
A lot of us have gone for Armini this year it seems. Caldara has taken a massive hit in attributes since FM19.
Yeah, I missed out on Armini whilst he was still going fairly cheap. Ended up getting Perez in from Atletico for 13.25m release clause and he has proved an absolute bargain, even though he is non-EU!
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4 hours ago, Ewan0404 said:
I know I need a back up left back, a new centre back as Caldara and Duarte were poor when I played them.
Also Rebic plays alongside Pellegri in my forward 2 pairing and played really well.
Any suggestions on left back or centre back?
Vina is really good, from Palmeiras iirc? I got him, and he has Italian second nationality, him or Pellegrini are good for left back. Nehuen Perez is an amazing centre back if he is still at Atletico with a 13m release clause, he is non-eu though.
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Wow, very nice season there @Ewan0404, Pellegri and Tonali did great for you <3
All I can suggest, maybe add some strength in depth to your team, probably another starting centre half whom is a bit younger and also maybe you need a striker alongside Pellegri, although Leao didn't do too bad. Is Esposito available for you at all?
Still though, cracking season and a little bit of improvement and you should push that next step further in the champions league!
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4 hours ago, Weston said:
I'm realizing that my style changes drastically depending on what league I'm in.
For example, when in the lower leagues, I'm cutthroat for short-term success like I've mentioned, selling players and relying on loans and old players on free transfers to climb the ladder as quickly as possible.
But once in Serie A I flip to the opposite, relying on growing young players over time, even if they require big fees to bring in when loaning or free agents could provide similar or better levels of quality for less. I can't help but think I could've won the league by now had I gone the other route, but I love my team now and I think it has a lot of potential for the future. It feels like I'm doing things in a better way.
It's crazy to think I went from only one owned player in my squad to now only one loaned player!
Anyone else have a massive shift in strategy depending on how you progress your save? I feel like most of you are very consistent with your preferred methods.
I've gone full on cheap strategy, but it is starting to waiver more now because I really like my squad. As soon as I took the save though, the amount of old players on big wages were ridiculous. Had to shift Dzeko, Pastore, Kolarov, Perotti, Juan Jesus amongst any others away from the club, because 1. their wages were too much and 2. they didn't provide any potential for the squad. I started off loaning a lot of players to, probably up to 6 per season, but we've only had 3 the last two seasons.
Up until the season before last, I had one player on over £100k a week, which is a bit ridiculous considering we're top of Serie A but as I say, as the years have gone on and we have a really nice and pretty young squad now, I have loosened the purse strings a bit and paid them what they deserve.
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10 hours ago, Weston said:
My boy Lucas Gonzalez. He was out two months last season with a leg fracture, and I rotate a lot, so his stats don't look as impressive as they might've otherwise.
Really the financially smart thing would've been to take the money, it was like 70something up front and 20something in installments for 90something total. I stalled and then countered expecting them to negotiate, so I could see if they went any higher, but they just walked immediately and never looked back, so I took that as a sign it wasn't meant to be. Didn't need the money for any specific purchases for once as I'd stockpiled a few others I could flip for profits.
The curious part? The big money offer came from Lyon, of all clubs, whose Gouiri loans got me into the top flight in the first place.
Here is my window, if you're curious:
It probably was the right thing to do in your head, but your heart speaks differently. Is he still classed as non-EU or has played enough games yet?
Some nice transfers there, I looked at Taylor on my game if someone comes in for Vina, who has been great for me. Adeyemi didn't seem to sell for much, he really progressed on one of my friends games when he played as Stuttgart.
Good luck in your season!
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That is a horror group there, you never know, you might be able to sneak through, that is if you want to haha.
What is your striker looking like that you turned down that sort of money for?
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[FM20][FM21][FM22][FM23] Calcio
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I reckon you should have given him it to be honest
How come you got him on a free? Who was that stupid haha