retired_klew07

Neither did I tbh, except for the really high asking prices for Initial fees on loans but that doesn't seem to have been fixed. Then again I should have reported it.

Didn't see what all the fuss was about tbh

retired_rudyolivaeng

i play as city!!!

, and love it. season two, 23? games... TOP OF THE LEAGUE and about to play AC milan in the champions league knock out stage.

want a new centre midfielder tho, looking a it thin there.. any ideas for £10 mil?
and a right winger for about £5mil?

oh! and the COMS now has a capacity of 60 000!

i have a japanese feeder club! and i beat arsenal 5-4, after being 4-2 down, at the emirates!
im loving it!

and, as big ol' KK would say, would love it, just love it, if i could win that title!

any help/advice for ppl just starting as city, feel free to ask.

retired_civilian888

CL in the first season, thats pretty good going. Dabo is all you need in midfield, he is immense even at the age of 34 for me

Started my 5th season and the defence of my title aswell as I first go at the CL, Aguero and Marcelo are my only 2 signings, though both cost £18m

Samaras rejected Chelski's offer so now have Samaras, Sturridge, Defoe and Aguero in attack, will have to rotate to keep them all happy, think i'll go with Samaras and Aguero in the CL and against the big sides and Defoe and Sturridge in the cups and average Prem sides

retired_civilian888

Oh and try and get James Milner for the wing, can play on both sides and is a great signing

retired_marystephtony

Thought I would give my experience of Man City before my game crashed, If I can remember correctly.

As there are a lot of Right Backs in the squad I decided to flog Mills and Trabelsi as they are on high wages. The same principle applied to Reyna as I badly needed some funds to reinforce a threadbare squad. I managed to raise about £4.5m from this which I used to buy Greg Halford from Colchester, Jeremy Mathieu from Toulouse and Brian McBride as a reserve.

I played a 4-4-2 with a target man upfront with the other striker making lots of runs off the ball and dribbling. My first choice team was Isaaksson, Richards, Dunne, Distin, Mathieu, Halford, Hamaan, Dabo, Beasley, Corradi, Samaras.

I retrained Halford to play Right Midfield, he is quality arriving at the back post to put some Headers in, also useful as he is good upfront, particularly as a target man and he takes a mean free kick. Mathieu is a quality left back who can also play well as a Midfielder in the middle or on the left, good stats for a Centre Back so retrained him as cover, should be available for less than £3 million.

I tried to sell Barton as the only thing of significance that he did was to get sent off all the time. Ireland is useful as a reserve to play upfront or anywhere in Midfield. Onouha I played quite a bit at the Back and he was as good as Richards and the Centre Backs.

At the Transfer Window I brought in Sebastien Pocognoli from Genk and shipped out more deadwood in the form of Stephen Jordan for only a slight loss, adding more flexibility to the left hand side. It helps when the player instantly becomes a fan's favourite by scoring a 30 yarder on his debut.

Finished 4th in the League after the 1st season but made no impression in the cups, probably a good thing as the squad was quite small.

Before the 2nd season I signed Lewin Nyatanga as a potyential replacement for Distin and cover at Left Back after letting Thatcher leave on a free. Also made Beasley permanent for less than he was worth to play on both flanks and Diaby from Arsenal for some extra quality in the middle. Signed Crouch in the transfer window as McBride was beyond useless against anyone of any quality.

With about a month of the season to go I was on for the treble, then the dreaded injuries all struck up front. I had to play against Liverpool in the FA Cup Semi with McBride and Ireland up front as everybody was injured and Sun Jihai as a galloping winger, lost on penalties after missing a penalty in extra time in a 0-0 bore draw. Faced Barcelona in the CL and was confident after already disposing of Milan and Madrid, with a 5-0 win at the Bernabeu before the injuries. As if that did not make it hard enough they Barca scored from a corner after 2 minutes before my team self desturcted. First a back pass went straight in, before Dabo, who only had a few yellows all season went and headbutted someone and got sent off, and to make matters worse Ronadinho scored from the free kick and I was 3-0 and a man down after 15mins. Pushed for an away goal to give myself some hope for the return leg but ended up losing 5-0. Fortunately I just held off the Chelsea charge, giving me great pleasure.

I thought I would get a healthy transfer budget for the 2nd season after saving up but instead the board ploughed the money into expanding the stadium to 60000, which does then make a pile of money, especially with a wage budget still around £350k. The fans must be great as I did not lose a single home game and was very solid in defence everywhere, only really struggled away to Chelsea and Arsenal, although I did win at the Emirates whilst serving a touchline ban, so not sure I can claim too much of the credit there. I also overhauled the coaching staff as I did not think much of the starting lot, I can recommend the Norwich assistant manager Livermore? he was very good until Coventry poached him as manager. The value of the club went up to about £160 million, overtaking Liverpool and Spurs, but bizarrely West Ham had a higher value despite not being in CL or winning anything, and having a smaller stadium and bank balance. I bought John Obi Mikel to replace the departed Hamaan and was trying to get rid of Vassell as Sturridge and Miller were now ready to play a more prominent role.


The dream was to make City the most valuable club until the crash after about 10 games of the 3rd season. I was really p*****d after this and have not found a game as much enjoyment since.

retired_rudyolivaeng

"CL in the first season, thats pretty good going"

Why thank you! so worth it though for those big games.


"Oh and try and get James Milner for the wing, can play on both sides and is a great signing"

good plan, batman. ill look at him for sure.

any centre mids guys?

oh, am i the only one who has taken a pride in trying to buold up a scouting network, and feeder clubs?
i think its cos its new... the sort of..'oooh, shiny' thing.

tlynn721

Man City will be the next game I start =)

retired_kdsam

can anyone post a screenshot or richards in the future please!

retired_cb1

richards is just a god on my game. 20 for influence an he's only 21. 4 goals in 20 games for england. just scored 2 goals for me against liverpool at anfield to win me the match an put me 6 points clear at the top. god. never ever sell him.

retired_kramer

Hi all, in my first season with Man City.

Signed Michael ball at LB (Playing really well and cost less than £1 million).

Also bought Karagounis at AMC for less than a million, another good signing for me.

Also brought Hugo Viana in on loan as AMC back-up.

Isaksson is brilliant in goal.

Playing a diamond which wins most home games and is dodgy away from home but am 4th in the table at the end of november, 3 points behind 1st placed Chelsea.

Gk - Isakkson
LB - Michael ball
CB - Richard Dunne (quality player)
CB - Micah Richards (legend)
RB - Trabelsi

DM - Hamann (Signed Guardiola on loan as backup)
MC - Dabo
MC - Barton
AMC - Karagounis

ST - Vassell/Corradi
ST - Samaras

Have been trying to get Vagner Love in for the January transfer window (hoping to sell Vassell to finance it) but he can't get a work permit. Pity, his stats look really good.