The FM Thread

[Jase 43,479]

Ha probably but still I'm sure it won't happen

Don't bet against it.

Why did you sign Balotelli on loan though? Surely there were other options, no?

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

Don't bet against it.

Why did you sign Balotelli on loan though? Surely there were other options, no?

He was up for loan so I thought ok fuck it am signing him hahaha

[Jase 43,479]

He was up for loan so I thought ok fuck it am signing him hahaha

What happened to the transfer budget? Spent all of it?!

[capriccioso 2,545]

I still can't get over the fact that FM chose to injure my most important midfielder (yes, more important than Inler or Hamsik) for 8 months

There goes the... t...

[Spike 12,049]

Balotelli & Ibrahimovic in one dressing room together? Oh my.

And Cassano. Those three are indeed the worst to manage.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Alright lads. Just recorded a win, nothing special at all. Bread and butter stuff. The scoreline was fairly boring, and if I'm honest, we just shaded it.

Even Tommy Oar scored!

So, fuck you FM, I'm going to go out and say it. Treble. It's on. 7 points clear at the top of Serie A, already in the TIM Cup final and now a CL semi final date beckons with either Barcelona or Man Utd. Unless Arsenal beat me 7-0 in the return leg that is.

Edit:

Whoa, I didn't see this coming. That one performance of total dominance from Lavezzi has seen him officially become a club legend:

[Jase 43,479]

Alright lads. Just recorded a win, nothing special at all. Bread and butter stuff. The scoreline was fairly boring, and if I'm honest, we just shaded it.

Even Tommy Oar scored!

So, fuck you FM, I'm going to go out and say it. Treble. It's on. 7 points clear at the top of Serie A, already in the TIM Cup final and now a CL semi final date beckons with either Barcelona or Man Utd. Unless Arsenal beat me 7-0 in the return leg that is.

FM can be so unrealistic at times...

[capriccioso 2,545]

FM can be so unrealistic at times...

Unrealistic? Pah! There's just not a defence anywhere in the world that can cope with the front three of Cavani, Lavezzi and Sigurdsson. They have been absolutely astonishing, Cavani has 45 goals and 16 assists in 38 (3) appearances, Lavezzi has 43 goals and 14 assists in 37 (7) and Sigurdsson has 15 goals and 21 assists in 31 (4). That's 103 goals and 51 assists from 3 players. To put that into perspective, we've scored 155 all season, they have been responsible for over 2/3rds of our goals. Perhaps more impressive than that is that under my stewardship, no team has kept a clean sheet against us, even in pre season. Including pre season we've now gone 55 games in a row where we have scored.

Also, the treble is in the bag. I've won Serie A already, and Munich calls in the CL against either Valencia or Real Madrid. Unless Man United can turn this around, that is:

[Jase 43,479]

Unrealistic? Pah! There's just not a defence in the world that can cope with the front three of Cavani, Lavezzi and Sigurdsson. They have been absolutely astonishing, Cavani has 45 goals and 16 assists in 38 (3) appearances, Lavezzi has 43 goals and 14 assists in 37 (7) and Sigurdsson has 15 goals and 21 assists in 31 (4). That's 103 goals and 51 assists from 3 players. The rest of my squad have 46 goals, and there's 19 of them.

Even then, it's ridiculous seeing people putting 5-6 goals past an opponent in almost every game. It's just freaking unrealistic!

[capriccioso 2,545]

Even then, it's ridiculous seeing people putting 5-6 goals past an opponent in almost every game. It's just freaking unrealistic!

Chelsea 2010 and Barcelona 2011-12 would like to point out that it is very realistic

And I've seen much worse. I remember this guy had a screenshot from FM12 where he got Messi to score 82 in 34 games.

Edit: I've found it. Prepare to be blown away by how unrealistic FM can get:

Edited June 28, 2012 by capriccioso

[capriccioso 2,545]

Well, there's the Double achieved. 4 goals in the TIM Cup final against Juventus from Edinson Cavani (his 48th, 49th, 50th and 51st goals of the season, incidentally) won the trophy 5-2, despite the best efforts of my keeper and my defenders to help Juventus win it. And there was an atrocious penalty from Del Piero, as well, the worst I have seen in Football Manager or real life.

Alessandro Del Piero's Horror Penalty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQE0pzJQ9x8

(apologies for the quality, probably best to watch it in full screen and in 720p)

This entire season has been surreal. Aside from Bertrand at left back and myself at right back, the defenders have been awful. We've just been dragged through by Cavani, Lavezzi and Sigurdsson. 112 goals and 55 assists from the trio now. I think the Treble is in the bag, I'm not at all afraid of Real Madrid. Ronaldo only has 32 goals, a whole 19 lower than Cavani.

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea 2010 and Barcelona 2011-12 would like to point out that it is very realistic

And I've seen much worse. I remember this guy had a screenshot from FM12 where he got Messi to score 82 in 34 games.

Edit: I've found it. Prepare to be blown away by how unrealistic FM can get:

I know. Have seen lots of it in the FM forums out there.

[capriccioso 2,545]

I can't believe we've actually done the treble. We beat Real Madrid 1-0 in Munich, thanks to a masterclass in goalkeeping from Morgan De Sanctis (about time), Ricardo Carvalho deciding to get himself sent off, Jose Mourinho using his substitutes too early and having to play with 9 men for the final 41 minutes, and finally, a lovely, lovely own goal from Sergio Ramos.

Ryan Bertrand should be a club legend by now. What's the Italian for "He crossed the ball from the left, it landed right on Ramos' head and thats why we love Ryan Bertrand" ?

That's also got to be the only game all season where some dickhead on my team didn't get a booking. Though that night was all about Bertrand and De Sanctis, it was Cavani, Lavezzi and Sigurdsson who the season belonged to:

Sigurdsson:

Lavezzi:

116 goals and 60 assists. Those 3 players outscored all of Barcelona by a 12 goal margin.

[Jype 6,398]

Wow, Lavezzi is doing well for you. For some reason he was shit when I bought him in one of my previous saves. Sigurdsson however, was much better for me once and he had like 40 goals and 40 assists total in all competitions almost every season.

[Jase 43,479]

Wow, Lavezzi is doing well for you. For some reason he was shit when I bought him in one of my previous saves. Sigurdsson however, was much better for me once and he had like 40 goals and 40 assists total in all competitions almost every season.

Sigurdsson with 40 goals & 40 assists?!! WTF!!!