Football Manager Society

I did that with an older version of the game, adding my local team into the game and sticking them in the Scottish Third Division...didn't do too well, but my LLM skills back then weren't as good as they are now Nowadays I have far more trouble running top-flight clubs than I do running lower-league clubs.

Really?
Top flight clubs are always the ones that are easy for me, thats why i barely play past 1 season on games where i start off at one (which is rare as it is, but anyway).
The challenge of getting young players, and cheap players to come to a low division club is alot more challenging IMO.

Hey, just requested to join.

My usual favourite formation is a 4-4-2 with diamond midfield (one DMC, one AMC, and two wing players).
Its pretty successful at all levels, with the right players.
Depending on the opposition, i sometimes play the AMC, in centre midfield, and have one of the strikers dropping back into the AM role (not moving them, just having the run backwards), which works well against superior sides. I tend to have the wingers runs as far as the AM line, but if a side is playing with three centre backs, i take advantage having them run to the forward position (and tend to play AM/F type midfielders in that position anyway). If i'm not able to get the firepower up front (or forwards not even getting the ball), i have the two wing players runs to either side of the AMC, putting more pressure on the opposition (especially effective against sides without at least one holding midfield player, in the DMC position, though that relies on very good full backs, especially defensively, not to be over-run by the opposition wingers (though from experience, the opposition on Football Manager don't use wing players as much, or as well, as in RL, especially not with overlapping fullbacks).

I'm currently testing out some defensive formations for playing against far superior sides (a division or two above, at least), using two holding midfield players, in front of three centre backs, having the centre backs move wide as the ball moves to that side, with the DM in front moving back to cover, then playing two wingers, to AMC and a lone front man.

Has anyone ever used the editor, to start up their own side, with no players at all, putting themselves in the bottom division of a country, then see how long it takes to work their way up, because thats my next personal challenge.

I did that with an older version of the game, adding my local team into the game and sticking them in the Scottish Third Division...didn't do too well, but my LLM skills back then weren't as good as they are now Nowadays I have far more trouble running top-flight clubs than I do running lower-league clubs.

i usually add my local team Blyth Spartans to the bottom league. wont have to in FM2007 though.. they just got promoted to conference North

So i'd say I tend to struggle a fair bit with the bigger teams.

does anyone have a link to the latest update please?

Maidenhead and Carshalton are 'orrible places anyway just use the editor and manage Aylesbury United.

can't wait for the new FM now, Just out of ideas for this 1 now.

Anyone ever tried the American leagues? there pretty dodgy!

edit: Dalimyr, that's Milla Jovovich in your avatar, right?!

Despite the good start to my second season, the months up to November haven't been quite as good. After 6 games I was top of the table, 1 point clear...now 13 games into the season, I'm in second place, 5 points behind newly-relegated Woking (who I've yet to play - my first meeting with them is next month). On the plus side, I got plenty prize money from cups. I got to the 3rd qualifying round of the FA Trophy, knocked out by conference national side Grays Athletic, and (for one more week) I'm still in the FA Cup, but Derby County will almost certainly hammer me, knocking me out in the second round, but at least they should (hopefully) give me plenty of cash from ticket sales to see the game at Pride Park

Little LLM tip: Scouts truly are golden, because they're so cheap. My assistant manager, six of my seven coaches, and my four scouts were all unemployed scouts who I managed to sign to £20 p/w deals. A coach as good as the ones I've got would have almost certainly cost me £40 p/w, and a new ass man would have probably been out of my £50 p/w budget.

Yup

another tip for LLM.. well all managers. when a team bids for one of your players.. set the fee they pay you straight away to 0. then click over 24 months. and double what they offered.. they pay

Has anyone got some suggestions for a Championship or League 1 team to start the game as? Which teams in these leagues tend to have a bit more cash to splash

any one know any good youngsters to buy? i realized that the argentinians, brazilian and italian under 20's have players with amazing technical abilities, but their fitness, pace, acceleration suck