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Since late 2004 I have wandered the strees of Edinburgh in a completely different fashion to the years before: my strut having completely disappeared, my smile rare and any confidence I once had all but gone. Why you ask? Championship Manager, now Football Manager, has been completely ruined by those who once made the game great.
The new 2D pitch is nothing more than a joke. An attempt by SI to 'modernise' they're game when infact the whole 'retro' style of it was what made the game great. New stats begin to be added each year, a bigger database, and you begin to realise with a hint of research that SI are following in the footsteps of EA, with small updates each year which they feel worthy their loyal fans to pay £30 more each year.
The fact is Championship Manager was once the fans game, the perfect mix of speed, realism and fun. Now it's just going down the route of realism in sacrificing the two major aspects. They don't care though - the new realism has earned them more and more money. They have however lost a loyal fan. Me.
04-07-2006, 12:39 PM
*Official* FMS Anecdotes thread - Take II Post #25
Thankyou. As ever there is one or two typing errors (it was so spur of the moment I forgot to go over and edit it) but it's from my heart and that's the most important thing, right?
04-07-2006, 01:22 PM
*Official* FMS Anecdotes thread - Take II Post #26
Whereas I think FM06 isn't engrossing but FM05 is one of the best games they've made. I still have a nostalgic love for CM01/02, but FM05 is a clearly superior game, in my opinion.
04-07-2006, 08:03 PM
*Official* FMS Anecdotes thread - Take II Post #28
It's all opinion but I just feel CM 01/02 delivered the perfect football game. SI have meddled with the formula too much. It was a formula that worked and now the speed kills all but the patient or the high-end computer.
04-09-2006, 03:44 PM
*Official* FMS Anecdotes thread - Take II Post #29
Ok here is my debut offering for the Anecdote Thread:
Why Delémont Under 19's are the best Cup side ever
Ok, whilst in my first season at the legendary club, BSC Young Boys, I became intrigued by the progress of Delémont Under 19's in the SwissCom Cup (the Swiss FA Cup). As if being an under 19 side wasn't enough of a handicap itself, the senior team were a non league side. Of course I expected them to crash out in the first round, as they were up against Schaffhausen, who were not the greatest but still a top flight side. The Delémont youngsters were evidently not reading the script as they ground out a terrific 2-1 victory. Interestingly the senior Delémont side had triumphed on penalties against another top flight side, Neuchâtel Xamax. Now of course I realise that the Swiss Cup is not the most prestigious of competitions but there were still enough decent teams to ensure that no non-league sides would get much further than the Second Round. But one or two of these lesser sides were slipping through the net with ease and one of them was Delémont Under 19's as they recorded an emphatic victory over top flight side Zurich, 3-0. Two Super League scalps in the first two rounds, could they go all the way? Obviously they could as they beat Challenge League side Winterthur 2-1 in the Third Round, amazingly the senior side was still going and they managed to beat my Young Boys team on penalties after an 85th minute equaliser. Both Delémont sides were now in the Quarter Final, surely it was the end of the road. For Delémont seniors it was as they lost 3-0 to Grasshopper, who along with Basel had to be favourites. The under 19's were not finished however and after a 2-2 draw with Challenge League side Sion, they won on penalties to book a place in the Semi Final. Unfortunately they drew Basel and went down 3-0 but given their stature and squad, it has to be one of the best cup runs I have seen in FM or in real life. And it proves to me that the Swiss Cup is full of romance, more than any other in FM.
05-02-2006, 11:32 PM
*Official* FMS Anecdotes thread - Take II Post #30
So I started a game managing Juventus (Italy Serie A).
In Serie A play I am about halfway through the season with a commanding 10 point lead over the second place team. Barring a total collapse, I stand to win the league.
I placed third in the friendly cup after a disheartening loss to Barcelona.
In the Italian Cup I defeated Atalatan (sp?) to advance to the second round.
The real problem was in the Champions Cup. In the group stage I was matched up with Arsenal (England), SP Sporting (Portugal) and M. Haifa (Israel).
To start play I gained a resounding victory over the Israeli club. Next up was the Portugese whom I also defeated.
Third matchup in the group was Arsenal, the only team I considered a threat from stopping me from winning the group. First game was at Arsenal and my club came out on fire, jumping out to a 2-0 lead in front of the Arsenal home crowd. The half time score was still 2-0. The second half was a different story, by the 60th minute Arsenal had cut the lead to a single goal, 2-1, and then came back 10 minutes later to even the match.
In the 80th minute, Arsenal defender Ashley Cole beat the Juventus goalie with a 30 yard chip shot, which even I was impressed with. The clock ran out and Arsenal celebrated an amazing comeback victory over the favored Juventus club.
I was not pleased.
A couple weeks later we had our shot at revenge. Arsenal was now due to travel to Turin to take on my club. The game was different, but the results the same, Arsenal wins a hard fought defensive battle 1-0 to take a commanding lead in group F.
Sporting had passed me in the standings as well, so I now found myself in third in the group, needing to most likely win my last two games to have any hope of advancing out of the group stage.
Next up was M. Haifa, who I again outclassed 4-0 in Israel.
The final game was against Sporting. They were tied with Arsenal at 10 points a piece, I was sitting at 9 points. A victory over Sporting insured my qualification for the next round. A tie against sporting would leave me needing an M. Haifa upset of Arsenal to have any shot.
Arsenal was, of course, not upset.
But my club was playing well against Sporting, carrying a 1-0 lead late into the second half when a Sporting midfielder broke Juventus' heart with a chip shot goal (yet again). We couldn't rally and the game ended a tie.
The stunning upset was complete, Sporting grabbed a spot in the next round which almost everyone thought would go my way.
It was a bad setback, but now we just play through the Italian Cup (next opponent Milan) and hopefully continue to dominate Serie A.
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