Football Manager 2015
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Having a storming season playing 4-5-1 (4-1-2-2-1)
Started the season playing counter attacking, high intensity football. Had a great run at the start and then an awful early winter period. Somehow never dropped lower than 4th.
Scored more than anyone but had also conceded more than 18 other teams so decided to change my football to a possession based game, utilizing my midfield. Now played 40 games and I am top with 74 points and a 6 point gap to second.
My midfield trio is mainly
Deli Alli, Thomas Drage & Diego Poyet (loan).
Cousins, Buyens, Jackson are frequently rotated in.
Vetokele is on 19 league goals.
My only other transfer is Jack Grealish on a season long loan. Quality!2 -
Still conceding 3/4 goals a gamepaulie8290 said:I clearly dont understand the game
as I am not playing attacking
I am using a standard formation
got my best defenders playing
and have still conceded 13 goals in 3 games0 -
great tactic on Steam Workshop
its called Control 4-2-3-1 Advance Tactic (got a 4 out of 5 rating)
after 6 defeats in a row conceding at least 3 a game I used that formation and won 2-00 -
For the record guys, i went balls in and played gomez from the start of the year, thought ill give it one season to develop and then push for promotion in second season...gomez flies up as soon as you start using him regularly for a month or so...end of my season he doesnt have a physical stat lower than 14 (which is jumping reach) and is worth 4.5 million already!!2
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Cheat.paulie8290 said:great tactic on Steam Workshop
its called Control 4-2-3-1 Advance Tactic (got a 4 out of 5 rating)
after 6 defeats in a row conceding at least 3 a game I used that formation and won 2-02 -
What on earth are you doing to ship that many goals???????paulie8290 said:I clearly dont understand the game
as I am not playing attacking
I am using a standard formation
got my best defenders playing
and have still conceded 13 goals in 3 games
I've got a Coventry game, I finished 2nd in the League after being predicted 12th, and now I'm sitting 11th in the Champ after 10 games. Once you get a decent formation and tactics the rest follows. I'm playing 4-4-2 at the moment with one striker playing as a defensive forward who drops deep to help the mids.1 -
In your first season?MattD said:Having a storming season playing 4-5-1 (4-1-2-2-1)
Started the season playing counter attacking, high intensity football. Had a great run at the start and then an awful early winter period. Somehow never dropped lower than 4th.
Scored more than anyone but had also conceded more than 18 other teams so decided to change my football to a possession based game, utilizing my midfield. Now played 40 games and I am top with 74 points and a 6 point gap to second.
My midfield trio is mainly
Deli Alli, Thomas Drage & Diego Poyet (loan).
Cousins, Buyens, Jackson are frequently rotated in.
Vetokele is on 19 league goals.
My only other transfer is Jack Grealish on a season long loan. Quality!0 -
Used this on a disastrous Newcastle game I started and got absolutely smashed three games in a row. Needless to say I've since quit that game with a new found respect for Alan Pardew.paulie8290 said:great tactic on Steam Workshop
its called Control 4-2-3-1 Advance Tactic (got a 4 out of 5 rating)
after 6 defeats in a row conceding at least 3 a game I used that formation and won 2-00 -
All very well using pre-built formations, but you'll never get the best out of them unless you have the right players for it. I've found it best to build a formation & style of play around the strenghs of my players. It's not ideal, but it will change and grow as I bring in my own players that are more suited to my way of thinking.Stu_of_Kunming said:
Cheat.paulie8290 said:great tactic on Steam Workshop
its called Control 4-2-3-1 Advance Tactic (got a 4 out of 5 rating)
after 6 defeats in a row conceding at least 3 a game I used that formation and won 2-0
Bottom line is: Don't use a screwdriver as a hammer..............2 -
Its not a cheat, a cheat would be unlocking the editor to make sure I had the best players or unlocking the never get sacked option.Stu_of_Kunming said:
Cheat.paulie8290 said:great tactic on Steam Workshop
its called Control 4-2-3-1 Advance Tactic (got a 4 out of 5 rating)
after 6 defeats in a row conceding at least 3 a game I used that formation and won 2-0
there steam workshop is there for help with tactics, I could find out that it does not help me, it does not guarantee I will win every game so is not a cheat1 -
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4-2-3-1 is normally what i set my teams up as, but always have a couple of back up tactics as a packed out 5 midfield normally dominates play.
8 points top with Aberdeen with some crippling financial restrictions about to come in....I need cheap and cheerful...wonder what Cherno Samba is upto these days?0 -
I also signed Thomas Drage, turned up and got a double hernia on the first day, out for 2 months...........MattD said:
My midfield trio is mainly
Deli Alli, Thomas Drage & Diego Poyet (loan).0 -
Drives me mad that. My last two signings have both got injured on day one, both of whom would be in my first team.tangoflash said:
I also signed Thomas Drage, turned up and got a double hernia on the first day, out for 2 months...........MattD said:
My midfield trio is mainly
Deli Alli, Thomas Drage & Diego Poyet (loan).0 -
I think Drage is a bit injury prone as I've looked at him a few times and he has been injured.0
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have you tried training your players with defending and "defensive positioning" match preparation?paulie8290 said:
Still conceding 3/4 goals a gamepaulie8290 said:I clearly dont understand the game
as I am not playing attacking
I am using a standard formation
got my best defenders playing
and have still conceded 13 goals in 3 games0 -
Has anyone kept Reza for the second season?0
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4-4-2 on my forest team, got guy called Sam Gallagher from Southampton, absolutely smashing it. Get him in your team, blood him in for the first season, then watch him go.
Agree about only using tactics that suit your players. Andy Reid in a deep lying play maker role, spraying it about yet barely breaking into a meat sweat.0 -
Careful nowThe Red Robin said:
Used this on a disastrous Newcastle game I started and got absolutely smashed three games in a row. Needless to say I've since quit that game with a new found respect for Alan Pardew.paulie8290 said:great tactic on Steam Workshop
its called Control 4-2-3-1 Advance Tactic (got a 4 out of 5 rating)
after 6 defeats in a row conceding at least 3 a game I used that formation and won 2-01 -
You got someone else to do the hardest part of the game for you.paulie8290 said:
Its not a cheat, a cheat would be unlocking the editor to make sure I had the best players or unlocking the never get sacked option.Stu_of_Kunming said:
Cheat.paulie8290 said:great tactic on Steam Workshop
its called Control 4-2-3-1 Advance Tactic (got a 4 out of 5 rating)
after 6 defeats in a row conceding at least 3 a game I used that formation and won 2-0
there steam workshop is there for help with tactics, I could find out that it does not help me, it does not guarantee I will win every game so is not a cheat3 -
If anyone wants to add a bit of fun to the game, go into your game folder \Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2015\data\db\1500\edt\ and look for a file called forbidden names.bnc -
This is a list of names that are blocked from being used for re-gens. Obvious ones are Adolf Hitler, Jimmy Saville, Robert Mugabe, Fred West, Peter Sutcliffe and Ian Brady. Also some comical "risky" ones, such as Dick Head, Fanny Licka, Wayne Kerr, Dick Fest, Fanny Flick and many more.
If you want a chance of these names appearing at some point, just open the file with notepad and delete the ones you want to appear (but a good idea to back up this file first, in case you wish to restore it later).
*Note: This will only apply for new games started after the change..........1 -
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Anyone else finding it a pain in the harris that Gumunsson is rated as 3.5* as a left winger, yet only 2* as a right winger?............0
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I just ignored it and had Bulot and JBG swapping during the game. Worked very well, I think you need to just ignore the scout sometimes and go with your gut.0
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He's still effective as an inside forward on the right and was top scorer in my first season.tangoflash said:Anyone else finding it a pain in the harris that Gumunsson is rated as 3.5* as a left winger, yet only 2* as a right winger?............
If you keep playing him there, he will become a 'natural' pretty quickly anyway.0 -
Yeah just ignore it, think he won Championship Player of the Year in my game and that was mainly playing as a wide midfielder on the right (with instructions to cut inside, dribble more etc as I mentioned about my tactics). I didn't even bother setting him retrain positions. I occasionally used him on the left but that was mainly through swapping with the player on the other side.0
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Might need to do this. Bulot has been a machine out on the left as an attacking winger but JBG has been inconsistent as a supportive winger. Harriott has been better on the right than JBG for me so far.covered end junior said:I just ignored it and had Bulot and JBG swapping during the game. Worked very well, I think you need to just ignore the scout sometimes and go with your gut.
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Yep, just finished top on 89 points clear by a mile, scored 96 goals throughout the season and 5 players (including Gomez) in team of the year.The Red Robin said:
In your first season?MattD said:Having a storming season playing 4-5-1 (4-1-2-2-1)
Started the season playing counter attacking, high intensity football. Had a great run at the start and then an awful early winter period. Somehow never dropped lower than 4th.
Scored more than anyone but had also conceded more than 18 other teams so decided to change my football to a possession based game, utilizing my midfield. Now played 40 games and I am top with 74 points and a 6 point gap to second.
My midfield trio is mainly
Deli Alli, Thomas Drage & Diego Poyet (loan).
Cousins, Buyens, Jackson are frequently rotated in.
Vetokele is on 19 league goals.
My only other transfer is Jack Grealish on a season long loan. Quality!
Cant really find many people to sign for the prem. I need to find some gems because the squad is not prem standard by a long shot.
So far ive signed Vokes & Faurlin1 -
He got player of the year in the Championship for me. 38 games, 13 goals, 11 assists 7.49 avg rating - Has a peach of a freekick on him. Was playing him as a b2b midfielder.tangoflash said:
I also signed Thomas Drage, turned up and got a double hernia on the first day, out for 2 months...........MattD said:
My midfield trio is mainly
Deli Alli, Thomas Drage & Diego Poyet (loan).
As for being injury prone, he had 3 injurys for me (4 weeks, 8 days & 7 days). I think effective rotation helps, once he did his job I would often sub him.0 -
As I do every year, I'm considering this game again, I've had it before but that was a few years ago now, a few questions, what's the best way to play if minimising lag? Is it worth getting it with a pretty bad laptop? How good would you say it is now? It was half decent when I had it a few years ago, but got boring after a few weeks.0
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If FM gets boring after a few weeks, it's probably not the game for you................cafc_harry said:It was half decent when I had it a few years ago, but got boring after a few weeks.
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Best thing is to download the demo and see how your laptop handles it.cafc_harry said:As I do every year, I'm considering this game again, I've had it before but that was a few years ago now, a few questions, what's the best way to play if minimising lag? Is it worth getting it with a pretty bad laptop? How good would you say it is now? It was half decent when I had it a few years ago, but got boring after a few weeks.
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