retired_justina

As Rushden and Diamonds: its 2017 I cannot win a cup game, up until i made the big time (premiership 2012 - fluked my way up)i had an excellent cup record getting to the league cup semis twice and F.A cup quarter final. Since I reached the premiership i have lost every cup game, the worst thing is that my team is a decent premiership team(lowest finish 15th) and we keep getting supposedly 'easy' draws (against league 1 and 2 sides often) but losing to these unsung superstars (home or away makes no difference). Its the consistency of the problem that bothers me (also every damn time the board and fans are disappointed and despite overachieving in the competition that MATTERS my jobs been in jeopardy several times).

So yeh thats getting my goat.

retired_justina

<STRIKE>premiership 2012 - fluked my way up</STRIKE>


premiership 2013 - skilled my way up

retired_Kylie

Super Keepers...

SI seem to have fixed quiote a few "bugs" from 07, but seemingly not this one... the worst bug of the game to date. Not only do keepers decide the fate of your season, normally, my keeper isn't super but rather stupid! It doesn't matter who I am, what league I play in or what country, there's always several games in a season where my team can muster 60% posession and 10 shots on target, scoring 1 goal if I'm lucky, whereby the opposition have 2 shots and end up beating me. I know people will say that keepers do play blinders in real life (Kevin Pressman is testament to this in every Sheffield derby he's ever played in) but for keepers from different teams to do this to me about 10-15 games per season seems a tad unrealistic and incredibly frustrating.

Point number 2 is... I have played FM since it was Championship Manager and I'm not too much of a bad manager, it tends to take a few seasons to build my team, but I can usually get promotions etc.. but in 08, I can't seem to do anything, no matter what team I manage. For example, I started a game with Red Star, arguably the best team in Serbia... oooh no, not when I'm in charge, I get hammered most games by teams with awful players, it doesn't matter how much I tweek the tactics or training, I still manage to lose, have I lost my touch, or is FM08 too difficult?

retired_macca1875

He's done it again

This time it's my star left back, and probably the best player in my team. I have already turned down and pulled out of £5m deals for this player, but my chairman obviously thinks £1.4m is good enough.

After selling my other star player, my finances were looking ok, we are also top of the league with ambitions of playing in the Championship next season.

Why is he doing this? What is he trying to achieve?

retired_Kylie

Maybe this is something SI can add to FM09? appeal to the board to reconsider selling star players, I hope you still win the league dafuge!! then tell him to stick his job up his backside and go and manage someone else

retired_michael_s1988

This is a **** take, I outplay a team for 90 minutes, I have the best attack force in the league. I score 3 goals... then in the last 20 minutes, the team playing at all 5's and 6's score 3 and on occasion 4 into me.

retired_GoBlue31

Shall I tell you what **** me off ? When you spend about 6 hours doing your pre-season, your training is perfect, the friendlies are perfect, you have made a few decent signings. Nothing too extreme to mess up the team blend but you have improved the squad and brought in some quality. The tactics are working well, you hammer every team in pre-season by 5+ goals.

First game of season YOUR GOALKEEPER LETS IN EVERY ****ING SHOT ON TARGET AND YOU LOSE 3-2. They have 3 shots all game while you have 30 odd and oh look i've lost for no other reason than my goalkeeper.

Why does it generate SO many matches like this ? Your team is only as good as your GK on FM. You spend all game passing, probing, attacking, dominating the game and as soon as you score they just run up the pitch and equalise with their first shot of the game. It can take years and years to find a goalkeeper who doesn't let in EVERY ****ING SINGLE SHOT on goal. But they changed it a couple of versions back didn't they - now they save a few shots in the second half to make it look less retarded. Don't think I don't notice how they concede everything in the first 30 minutes.

Honestly I could do a better job in goal than half the keepers on FM. All I would have to do is stand still and do nothing..... Once you find a decent keeper its problem solved but anything other than a world class GK and it's not even worth thinking about.

retired_Ann1964

When taking a goal kick my goalie not having the brains to put the ball towards Alan Smith rather than Michael Owen (jumping 9).

retired_justina

Players blatantly ignoring my instructions. My AMRLC is set to: Little creative freedom, run with ball often, rarely play through balls, what does he do? He never runs with the ball and always plays through balls. Stats as follows: Pace: 16 Acceleration:14 Dribbling: 15 Passing: 9 Flair:5 Decisions:17 Composure:16 (his 'personality type' is professional). Die in hell AMRLC. (this is not over one game this is over a season).

Also i have a two footed player (dm/amc) who is useless at free kicks, i set 3 free kick takers for left sided/right sided free kicks but they are all right footed, so the game decides my usless dm/amc should take the kicks from the left despite my instructions to the contrary(the selected free kick takers being on the pitch).

Also why of why oh why does my corner taker who has taken one corner that is cleared for another corner then run into the box and some random player come across and take it? I specifically said i want my corners to be taken by a specific player, not that if he takes a corner that results in another corner you should randomly pull my left back upfield leaving them a two on one if they 'head' the ball clear 80 yards.

My goat is dead.

retired_amy1987tuma

One of my pet hates too! This game is even worse at this than ever before.