Official Football Manager 2009 Career Thread

[jcdenton08]

Not that anybody still reads/cares about my posts in this thread!

Still in first and only saved game of FM 2009... I truly am good at this game, but play it far too much


SINCE LAST UPDATE:


DATE:

Monday 1st July 2013

LEAGUE TABLE:

Finishing places; Premier League 2012/2013:

1st Arsenal - 88pts
2nd Man Utd - 77pts
3rd Chelsea - 74pts
4th Man City - 71pts
5th Liverpool - 65pts
6th Newcastle - 65pts
7th Portsmouth - 58pts
8th Tottenham - 57pts
9th Blackburn - 57pts
10th Brighton & Hove Albion - 54pts
11th Aston Villa - 52pts
12th Sunderland - 41pts
13th West Brom - 40pts
14th Middlesbrough - 39pts
15th Charlton - 37pts
16th Hull City - 36pts
17th Fulham - 35pts
18th Everton - 34pts
19th Bolton - 34pts
20th Ipswich - 34pts


CUP COMPETITIONS:

Out 1:3 to Portsmouth (A) in FA Cup Third Round Replay (second string)

TRANSFERS SINCE LAST UPDATE:

IN:

Joran Langeland (GK) - Lyn (Free)
Mate Simao (DC, DM, MC) - Panathinaikos (£110k)
Alvaro (ST) - Barcelona (Free)
Alvaro Blanco (DC) - Atletico Madrid (Free)
Juan Jose Canas (DRLC) - Las Palmas (Free)
Veselin Tasic (ML) - HSV (Free)

OUT:

Ryan Burns (DC) - Released
Chris Dobson (AMC) - Swindon (Loan)
Morten Petersen - Hoffenheim (£5m)
Toni Wachsmuth - Released
John Pantil - Norwich (£1.9m)
Lars Christensen - Oldham (Loan)
Ross Hill (DC) - Northampton (Loan)
Jonny Locke (Youth) - Released
Kevin Harris (Youth) - Released
7 x Youth intake season 2013/2014 released


CURRENT TEAM:

My "strongest" team, as of today, ignoring injuries/suspensions is;

Daniel Fernandes (GK), Kevin Benker (LB), Andrew Whing (RB), Francisco (CB), Tarald Fidjeland (CB), John Fleck (LM), Rasmus Hansen (RM), Steven Defour (CM), Yann Jouffre (CM), Alberto De Bruno (ST), Marius Niculae (ST)


CONCLUSION:

I am amazing at this game.

IN OTHER NEWS:


Turned down out of the blue offer to be Bosnia & Herzegovina manager - as they are languishing right at the bottom of the their qualifying group, with only two games remaining. My first job offer!

Balance;

£23,829,155 - still owe Bank loans;
£6.25m (£95k pm until 29/07/2016)
£20m (£190k pm until 24/09/2034)

Wages;
£352,072 pw allowed
£240,417 pw current[/QUOTE]

 

[Walkers Cajun Squirrel]

Brighton have gone bankrupt in the 6th season on my game so I left my nice cosy job at the top of Italian football to help them out. Still got a fair few decent players. elphick, cox, livermore, virgo and a few others.
Sold Virgo for 300k to help pay off debts and reduce the wage bill. Got in Jason Koumas, Matt Glennon and Marek Saganowski on free transfers and got some Brazilian on loan.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Turkey - I've had my game crash twice now, both just times just after I have scored and am watching the goal on the 3D screen bit. I'm taken back to the desktop and a message box comes up saying "Access array out of bounds" or words to that effect. FM is then not on my taskbar but is still running when I go to the task manager processes box. I'm running the game with the first patch that was released. Any ideas please??

Edit: Just happened again Going to turn the 3D bit off.

 

[woody257]

it was a f***ing arse for me to install. Also for some reason my computer doesn't read the disc

 

[24/09/08]

is the new update out yet?

 

[Turkey]

Turkey - I've had my game crash twice now, both just times just after I have scored and am watching the goal on the 3D screen bit. I'm taken back to the desktop and a message box comes up saying "Access array out of bounds" or words to that effect. FM is then not on my taskbar but is still running when I go to the task manager processes box. I'm running the game with the first patch that was released. Any ideas please??

Edit: Just happened again Going to turn the 3D bit off.

Download the second patch as that may help: Patch 9.2.0 Change List Availability Details - Sports Interactive Community

Also try playing the game in windowed mode to see if that helps.

If I could see your dxdiag that could be useful. (start > run > dxdiag)

 

[Turkey]

is the new update out yet?

Nope, late Feb.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Download the second patch as that may help: Patch 9.2.0 Change List Availability Details - Sports Interactive Community

Also try playing the game in windowed mode to see if that helps.

If I could see your dxdiag that could be useful. (start > run > dxdiag)

Thanks Turkey. Will try the patch and windowed mode.

What's the easiest way of sending you the dxdiag info? Have exported it to a text file, but it's too many characters to PM you.

Ta

 

[jcdenton08]

STILL in first and only saved game of FM 2009... and I've led the Albion to relative glory.


SINCE LAST UPDATE:


DATE:

Tuesday 1st July 2014

LEAGUE TABLE:

Finishing places; Premier League 2013/2014:

1st Chelsea - 90pts
2nd Man Utd - 83pts
3rd Arsenal - 79pts
4th Man City - 75pts
5th Brighton & Hove Albion - 70pts
6th Tottenham - 64pts
7th Liverpool - 59pts
8th Charlton - 56pts
9th Sunderland - 56pts
10th Blackburn - 55pts
11th Aston Villa - 49pts
12th Reading - 48pts
13th Fulham - 45pts
14th Portsmouth - 42pts
15th Hull City - 40pts
16th West Brom - 38pts
17th Birmingham - 30pts
18th Middlesbrough - 25pts
19th Newcastle - 23pts
20th Blackpool - 21pts


CUP COMPETITIONS:

Lost in League Cup Semi Final
2nd round - beat Swansea City (H) 2-0
3rd round - beat Arsenal (H) 5-4 on penalties AET (2-2 F/T)
4th round - beat Portsmouth (A) 4-2 on penalties AET (1-1 F/T)
Qtr Final: - beat Coventry (H) 4-0
Semi Final Leg 1 - beat Man Utd (H) 2-1
Semi Final Leg 2 - lost to Man Utd (A) 0-3 (Lost 4-2 on aggregate)

FA Cup Winners
3rd round - beat Cardiff City (A) 2-0
4th round - drew Plymouth (A) 1-1
4th round rep - beat Plymouth (H) 2-0
5th round - beat Arsenal (H) 1-0
6th round - beat Tottenham (H) 2-1
Semi Final - beat Aston Villa (N) 3-1
Final - beat Man City 4-3 on penalties AET (1-1 F/T)


TRANSFERS SINCE LAST UPDATE:

IN:

Jose Antonio Romero (AMC) - Atletico Madrid (Free)
Miroslav Bednar (AML) - Nurnburg (£3.8m)
Daniel Ellis (MC) - Kilmarnock (£130k)
Yannis Tafer (ST) - Basel (£7.5m)
Ari (LB) - Nacional da Madeira (£4.1m)
Nicklas Bendtner (ST) - Arsenal (Ln Fee £700k)
Paolo Perrotta (ST) - Ascoli (£6m)
Rasmus Blond (ST) - AaB (Free)
Francesco Dionisi (ST) - Brescia (Free)
David Zach (DM, MC) - Bologna (£5.75m)
Martin Gorka (MC) - Real Madrid (Free)

OUT:

Patrick Giacomini - Released
Andrew Bailey - Inverness CT (£65k)
Nicola Iachemet - QPR (£1.1m)
Ibrahima Faye - Southampton (£300k)
Joel Lynch - Bolton (£2.3m)
John Fleck - Chelsea (£8m)
Craig Burke - Bristol City (Loan)
Iker Bilbao - Colchester (Loan)
Alvaro Blanco - Swindon (Loan)
Lars Christensen - Southampton (Loan)
Wayne Parry - Rangers (£725k)
Stoyan Gorov - Everton (£5m)
Uros Smitran - Fulham (£1.2m)
Joe Scott - Brentford (Loan)
Daniel Ellis - Millwall (Loan)
Ross Hill - Derby (Loan)
Stian Holmen - Oldham (Loan)
Joran Langeland - Juventus (£1.1m)
Mauro Anaclerio - Released
Lars Langseth - West Ham (£800k)
Marius Niculae - Newcastle (£300k)
Chris Rogers - MK Dons (Loan)
Jose Antonio Romero - Grimsby (Loan)
Chris Dobson - Colchester (Loan)
Ross Hill - Grimsby (Loan)
3x youth intake released




CURRENT TEAM:

My "strongest" team, as of today, ignoring injuries/suspensions is;

Daniel Fernandes (GK), Ari (LB), Canas (RB), Francisco (CB), Peter Larsson (CB), Miroslav Bednar (LM), Rasmus Hansen (RM), Steven Defour (CM), Mate Simao (CM), Yannis Tafer (ST), Paolo Perrotta (ST)


CONCLUSION:

FA Cup winners, League Cup semi-finalists and 5th place finish in the Premier League. Every single one of my signings has been superb for me, Tafer scored 23 in 38 appearances in all comps, and made 10 assists. Perrotta signed to partner him in the January transfer window scored 13 goals in 11 league appearances, and assisted four goals.

I have turned down bids of £17m+ for my goalkeeper Fernandes and similar for Steven Defour, club captain and captain of Belgium. He is also alongside Fabregas in the Premier Division Select for two seasons running.

IN OTHER NEWS:

Balance;

£37,213,338 - still owe Bank loans;
£6.25m (£95k pm until 29/07/2016)
£20m (£190k pm until 24/09/2034)

Wages;

£514,385 pw allowed (plus a fantastic youth grant of £28pw!!!)
£353,339 pw current


Club showing it's usual commercial prowess, signing a few four year kit sponsorship deal for just £160kpa, compared to Man Utd's £31mpa...

Screenshots on request...

 

[Spider]

Just got this game. I am officially rubbish at Football Manager. I am about 9 games into the season and currently my team which should be challenging for Play Offs is in 19th.

Signed an Arsenal 17 year old called Henri Landsbury who has been pretty decent, and fans were delighted when I signed an unknown called Nathan Sansara from somehwere or other. Why is Forster so crap on the game? Scored a few but for some reason starts in the reserves and also my assistant manager never advises me to pick him despite the fact he is club captain!

 

[Mellotron]

Just got this game. I am officially rubbish at Football Manager. I am about 9 games into the season and currently my team which should be challenging for Play Offs is in 19th.

Alright Mickey

Give it time. You'll come good.

 

[SirDouglasLoft]

Craig Davies is really good on the new patch

 

[Turkey]

Thanks Turkey. Will try the patch and windowed mode.

What's the easiest way of sending you the dxdiag info? Have exported it to a text file, but it's too many characters to PM you.

Ta

Sorry, didn't see this before. Email the file to simon.tipple at sigames.com.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Playing Brighton just not good for my health so started a new game with Annan Athletic.

Won 3rd div at a canter, losing only two games and now in 2nd in Div2 with a quarter gone. Playign Scottish leagues is sooooo relaxing

 

[The Tassie Seagull]

Towards end of season three, sitting sixth in the Championship with 5 games to go. Working off very small budget and lots of free signings. Could promotion be coming too soon, even with Falmer coming on line next season?

 

[HG201]

I am currently 8th in the championship in my second seson, pretty pleased with that to be honest, especially as i beat palace!!

 

[sir albion]

I have won the european cup twice and the super cup twice and now im going for a 3rd

Offered 32 million for a german player and man.c came in and snatched him

 

[Paxton Dazo]

Playing with the 9.0.3 update.

Started a game with Stafford Rangers, 500k in derbt 15 player in t'squad and a wage cap of £25 a week, It's not going to be easy, keeping a squad of 15 fit all season so I hope to get off to a flyer.

First 3 games : -

Vauxhall Motors 0-1 Stafford Rangers
Redditch 0-1 Stafford Rangers
Stafford Rangers 0-0 Fleetwood

Yet to concede yet.

 

[SirDouglasLoft]

Stafford Rangers 0-1 Fleetwood

Yet to concede yet.

Really

 

[Paxton Dazo]

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