I did that after he got sent off two games on the trot despite plenty of warnings. Spat his dummy and demanded a transfer.

Hi there,

My brother has just handed me Football Manager 2008 and Im seriously struggling with it! Could anybody give me hints/tips on how to get on abit better lol???

Thanks in advance,

Mike

Your best bet would be to visit SI Games forum. There's plenty of good stuff on there to help out
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After my old laptop broke, I've just got back to playing, and decided to start at Bristol City for a challenge really. I could do with some recommendations for defenders who are either cheap or will sign on loan please?

Managed to finish 18th comfortably avoiding the drop. Hopefully someone will buy me in the summer and give me some funds to play with.

Just completed my first season with Leeds United. I finished a very respectable 5th in the Championship and reached the quater final of the FA Cup. I recruited well though in the summer bringing in some loan singings; Daniel Pacheo from Liverpool and also a young lad from Arsenal. I also recruited Darius Vassel who was a free agent aswell as bringing in Millwall frontman; Neil Harris.

Looking to achieve promotion to the Premier League in 2012, which will be my second season, then hopefully one of the big clubs will come sniffing!

Thanks its been very helpful!!!

Got FM2011 for Christmas, so have started a game as Stranraer in Scottish Division 3.

Still getting to grips with it but pre-season has started well with a couple of wins over teams from higher leagues. Fingers crossed I can pick up one of the Old Firm as a parent club and get some decent loan players in, as I've no transfer budget and I'm already at my wage limit.

I've started a career on FM11 after getting it from Santa. I must say it runs like a dream compared to previous versions. So silky smooth and so responsive. On the same PC FM09 and FM10 chug away and have noticable delays post click, but there is none of that on this one.

Everything seems better so far. Contract negotiations are more realistic and I love the ability to chat with your players. I started off as Everton with a £2m transfer budget and about £30k in the wage budget left. After sacking a few members of backroom staff and paying fees for their replacements I thought I would only be able to dabble in the loan market. However after spotting that I needed a right winger I clicked on Landon Donavan to see if he was available for loan so I could pick him up in January like Everton did. There was a button to approach the board about signing him. Kenwright got on the task and snapped him up for me as I told him he was vital to me achieving the goals the board had set. That is a ridiculously superb addition to the game. I guess you will only be able to do this so many times but it's a fantastic and realistic (Well, apart from old Bill pulling off a deal) addition. In previous games I was always really annoyed when a fantastic player was available for a great price, but you couldn't sign him because you didn't have any funds available to spend, despite there being £30m in the bank.

Just got FM11 and noticed three familiar names in the Chesterfield U18s. One, Jordan Burrow was in my brother's year at primary school, Jack Waddle, son of Chris who goes to my old school, and another lad in his year, Sam West, who's sister is my sister's best mate.



That said, a girl who was in my year is the younger sister of Michael & Rory Boulding.

Having seen them both at Bradford I'm guessing she got the footballing talent in the family?

I love FM11!

Started out at Saints. 1st season got them up via the 2nd Auto promo spot with the likes of Jay DeMerit signing on a free, Charlie Austin for £1m and Frank Fielding on loan. Recruited fairly well in the off season with people like Eddie Johnson & Mido signing on frees, got Fielding for £1m and Stephen Darby for £400k and finished 11th in my first season in the Championship.

How do you get your board to sign a player for you?

James Chester, who was at Manchester united, now at hull city, Went to my school

Go on the offer screen and there is an option top right to tell the board how desperate you want to sign him etc.


Started my second season at Pompey with a 1-1 draw at Hull, 2-0 win at Torquay in the cup and a 1-0 loss to Millwall after being down to 10 men for an hour (almost snatched a point too)

Expected drivel?



Anyway, the way I did it is by asking the Assistant for a team report. Being Everton he's then come back and told me I need a right midfielder as the midfield is weak. Then after that there is a button when you got to a relevant player like Donovan saying 'board interaction'. You can then have a conversation with the Chairman about signing the player.

The board then take over and either sign him for you, tell you they couldn't reach a deal or tell you to stop being silly like they did when I asked them to sign Lionel Messi for me

Sick of snotty youngsters (mainly re-gens) refusing every loan move they get. Some accept and all is good, but others would rather rot in the u19s or reserves instead of playing first team football somewhere, when they are talented young players. Surely there should be an option in future versions to interact with a player that is refusing loan moves and try to get him to change his mind, explaining why you are trying to send him out on loan.

It's pretty unrealistic too isn't it? I can't say I've ever heard of a youth player refusing a loan move. Perhaps if it's one outside of their geographical comfort zone or if they aren't considered a first team player at the other club possibly, but it should then give you that as their reason.

I've got a regen currently who is 16, his stats are good but his physicals are dreadful, so I wanted to send him on loan to a lower league side to build him up for the rigours of the Premier League. But he's too good for that apparently. Doesn't have a problem with the Assistant Manager putting him on the bench for the Under 19s away to Barrow though. So I tried him in the Premier League and his condition was 48% by half time. I've put him back in the Under 19s now. Daft.

Got Bristol City promoted to the PL in my first season, winning the playoffs after finishing 5th in the league. I decided that a complete overhaul of the squad was needed, so I decided to go for experience to help the team along. The 7 players that weren't registered were sent out on loan in case I needed them next season. Hernan Crespo, Robert Pires, Robbie Fowler and Marc Van Bommel were all signed on free transfers and I have them all tutoring young players to help them through.

The season started badly, playing United away first game was never going to be easy, and I lost 3-0. Drew my first home game 2-2 against Everton before losing away at Birmingham 4-1 and Chelsea 2-1. Looking like I need a new centre back and goalkeeper since David James is now 41, any ideas for players?

Just had this crazy game in the PL with Bristol City:



I'm on the verge of relegation, with just 8 points from 25 games with the team just nowhere near the quality of other teams. David James' injury means I have an 18 year old in goal who has been impressive in some games, obviously not this one though...

That's a shocker

Don't really know how it happened, went into the game after a 1-0 loss away at Chelsea and was quite unlucky to lose...

How any manager can lose 12-3 and not have the dignity to resign is beyond me.

Only way I'll leave is if I'm sacked

Thats the spirit.

I've got a big decision in my game. I've had another mega successful season with Everton, now winning the league easily. I'm not going to update my game ever as I feel the next update will kill off the 4-1-2-3 formation which is nigh on unbeatable on FM11. Also, my team talk strategy is pretty much a cheat which they'll no doubt remove (Just saying you have faith for every teamtalk works wonders).

So after strolling to another success I wondering if I should go somewhere else. Like signing for a lower league Italian side or bringing someone like Southport up. Hmmm...