How do you guys get through so many seasons so quickly? Seems to take forever for me ? Should I be doing something different?
Depends how you want to play really. My favourite aspects of the game are squad building and coming up with a tactic that I enjoy using, so I tend to blitz through the games and spend most of my actual playing time scouting and planning signings. I've never really bought into the match engine being any good or worth watching, so I tend to turn that off and just have commentary on fast and then normal speed replays on goals. You can't actually see that much on the match engine that needs tweaking anyway and as much fun as it is convincing yourself that you've spotted their left back showing too much space to be exploited down the wing by watching tiny stick figures running around, you can get the same information from stats, assistant advice and match context anyway. Things go a hell of a lot faster if you do that but it's not everyone's cup of tea, I'd guess the majority watch the matches playing out in front of them. I also tend to play on my laptop while I'm doing something else like watching TV or cooking and hammering the space bar a lot so that speeds it along as well.
I'm in the year 2027 , i've got Charlton up to the Premier league, relocated to a new stadium (45,000 capacity) and renamed it 'The New Valley' which i've now got up to 60,000
Got to the Carabao cup final and the Fa cup final in the same season ( lost both).
Have got out of the group stage of the champions league and finished 2nd in the Premier league , losing to Man United on the last day of the season ( they won the title).
Wages and transfer fees for average players is ridiculous, if wages and transfer values are true to life , in real life Charlton will never get to the top table again without seriously massive investment.
Got it over the Christmas period. Gegenpressing is ludicrous, absolutely ludicrous. Started as Charlton with no money. First thing I did was sell Sarr to get him off the wage bill and replaced him with Milan Milanovic on a free, who only wants about £775 a week. Karlan is insanely good in the this version so I've been playing a flatish 4-4-2 with pressing tactics. Got taken over early on by some English no-marks who didn't change the finances at all. They wanted to replace me with Simon Grayson but I won every game between the takeover and them making their decision so I kept my job. Won the league at a canter and even got to the semis of the FA Cup (went out to Tottenham 6-3. 2-2 at HT then Son scored four times in 8 minutes. I don't want to talk about it.) Aribo was L1 player of the year and scored something insane like 14 goals as a deep-lying playmaker. Sold off all the players whose contracts were due to expire at the end of the season for a bit of cash and a reduced wage budget in January (Bauer, Igor, Ajose, none of them first 11 worthy, all of them overpaid, plus Fosu because he couldn't play in my formation and he was a dick about it) and got in loans (Ampadu, great) and frees to cover the gaps, including Darren Bent for my own amusement. Managed to get Aribo and Grant to sign new deals on the basis that they'd get a massive wage rise every year that I couldn't afford and higher division club minimum release fees knowing I'd lose them via sales anyway.
Went into the start of the Championship season with £195k as a transfer budget and a lot of fear, but sold Grant for £7.5m to Wolves (Sunderland bid £9.25m but he told them to swivel, the jerk) and Aribo to newly-Prem promoted Blackburn for £5.25m and that solved all my money troubles. Signed a load of frees and loans for either no contribution or very small percentages (Jay Dasilva, Axel Tuanzebe, Kasey Palmer, Dominic Calvert-Lewin), spent £1m on fees and I'm pissing the Championship as well. Thinking of changing the way I play to something else just because it's a bit too easy at the moment, we shouldn't be this good. I imagine they'll re-balance gegenpressing soon though.
What formation and tactics do you use
I 442 diamond, very similar to gengenpress, 9th season, have a chance to win the prem and got CL semi's last year.
Was at Charlton but when I realised there was no money to renew deals I put my resignation for effect end of the season. Got them to the plays offs after taking over when 16th but lost out to Luton.
Left and got the job at Hull. Had some decent money and sold Grosicki. Bought KAG who is on fire and some guy from Brentford (Dane) who is decent.
Went in there apparently to keep them up and am sitting 2nd in December.
Couple of more back up signings and could see promotion!
Seeing his picture on another thread just reminded me. Did anyone else notice Thomas Driesen is still listed as a scout at the start of the game? I just about fell out of my chair when his contract came up as expiring at the end of the season. And the bastard was on £1,500 per week. That's about more than Phillips and Grant combined!
how are people using Grant and Taylor together as both are advanced forwards?
I didn't play my Charlton season for very long but when playing a 4-4-2 with them two I'd have Grant as the Advanced forward and possibly have Taylor as a deep lying forward on support. With player roles It's important not just to use the ones the game recommends playing them as, it all depends on your style of play and their individual attributes.
how are people using Grant and Taylor together as both are advanced forwards?
The whole familiarity with position thing is a bit of a red herring in the game I find. I played them both as pressing forwards all season in L1 and they got 20 and 23 goals each. As long as your overall tactic is sound and the roles fit with the way you're playing then them being perfect for the role itself is less important.
So I ended up winning Super Cup, La Liga, Spanish Cup and Champions League(after beating PSG on pens)
Charlton finished 20th and Millwall finished 2nd.
Played the following season and Messi and Suarez would not enter contract talks so I knew I was losing them so spent my budgeg on Jesus this time
Again won Super Cup, La Liga again by over 10 points and won Champions League(Again on pens) also won World Club Championship and Euro Super Cup Millwall finished 20th in Prem and Charlton 19th in Championship.
Messi went to Vitesse on free Suarez went to Burnley on free
Hull on mine. Built a decent team and have KAG leading the line! Made the play off final and lost 4-3 to Cardiff...they had 4 shots on target and i battered them all game, which annoyed me no end. New season is looking like play offs after 14 game unbeaten streak! Forms in and out so expecting more play off heartbreak!
How realistic is it? I get one ever year but was put of by people's comments earlier on. Now we about 5 months in is it definetly worth downloading and playing? Need to do something useful whilst I recover after mr right hip replacement soon.
I've tried all sorts but get plenty of injuries no matter what I try. Currently in January in my third season but:
Grant - about 2 weeks away from coming back from 3 months out Aribo - week away from returning after 4 months out Andrade - Injured in August, out for the season Sierhuis - Injured in August, out for the season Knudsen - Injured in first game of season, just started light training Pearce - Injured in September, out till March Morgan - Injured in September, out till February
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Got to the Carabao cup final and the Fa cup final in the same season ( lost both).
Have got out of the group stage of the champions league and finished 2nd in the Premier league , losing to Man United on the last day of the season ( they won the title).
Wages and transfer fees for average players is ridiculous, if wages and transfer values are true to life , in real life Charlton will never get to the top table again without seriously massive investment.
Hakan on a free transfer changed my file totally.
Left and got the job at Hull. Had some decent money and sold Grosicki. Bought KAG who is on fire and some guy from Brentford (Dane) who is decent.
Went in there apparently to keep them up and am sitting 2nd in December.
Couple of more back up signings and could see promotion!
1st season spent most of my money on Azpi and Pogba, eased to La Liga and Super Cup wins, early defeats in Spanish Cup and Champions League.
Charlton won the league
Palace relegated
Millwall stayed up
Halfway through 2nd season, spent my budget on Kane £190M but did a great deal IMO £20m and Paulinho for Koulibaly
Charlton sold Grant to Wednesday for £10M and sit 17th, Palace sit 9th and somehow Millwall are top.
Charlton finished 20th and Millwall finished 2nd.
Played the following season and Messi and Suarez would not enter contract talks so I knew I was losing them so spent my budgeg on Jesus this time
Again won Super Cup, La Liga again by over 10 points and won Champions League(Again on pens) also won World Club Championship and Euro Super Cup Millwall finished 20th in Prem and Charlton 19th in Championship.
Messi went to Vitesse on free
Suarez went to Burnley on free
New season is looking like play offs after 14 game unbeaten streak! Forms in and out so expecting more play off heartbreak!
Driesen will be fuming
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46309834
Finally today the Mobile version has been updated
13th in the PL with 21 points from our first 19 games. 6 clear of danger.
I doubt Roland is forking that much for him haha.
Albie Morgan valued at £2M
Wassim Aouachria has made the update along with a few other young players i have never heard off under 18s I Guess
Oh and Karlan is Valued £10M at Hudd
Man Utd
Fulham
Bradford
Luton
Ireland
Just finished the friendlies and so far picked up 4 injuries
Umerah(out on loan) 6 months out
Williams 2 months out
Morgan 2 months out
Lapslie 1 month out
Grant - about 2 weeks away from coming back from 3 months out
Aribo - week away from returning after 4 months out
Andrade - Injured in August, out for the season
Sierhuis - Injured in August, out for the season
Knudsen - Injured in first game of season, just started light training
Pearce - Injured in September, out till March
Morgan - Injured in September, out till February