My in depth guide to how I've had success and immensely enjoyed FM8.0.1

firefighterhilf · 01-17-2008, 01:56 PM

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Originally posted by Sam-Williams:
get a girlfriend mate

I didn't realise it was the school holidays already.

retired_Trojancoach · 01-17-2008, 05:54 PM

Very good work chopper99! I've just started a new game with Norwich and I'm going to give this tactic a crack. Will let you know how it goes. :thup:

rodrigo · 01-17-2008, 06:25 PM

I'm also Gateshead I think having that 11,000 stadium is a GOD send :thup:

retired_Balanchinegal · 01-17-2008, 06:36 PM

Good thread Chopper mate, makes a change from the usual dross we're reading daily. :thup:

Naturally I won't be needing to use your tactic as I'm an immensely successful manager on the FM series, as you should know from following my Liverpool threads.

KUTGW mate. :thup:

retired_mmurillo05 · 01-17-2008, 06:50 PM

Yeah great thread :thup:

I'm using the beta patch as i've found the shots to goals problem is not infact a problem at all with this version. I flopped big time at Boro (after a good start), Southampton and Shrewsbury, before finally finding success with Barnsley- me being negative, every time something good happens (i've come from 2 goals down 4 times already this season before Xmas) it makes me think it's due to a flaw in the game- but then i think even if that's the case, my past saved games have shown it isn't a walk in the park anyway

firefighterhilf · 01-17-2008, 07:29 PM

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Originally posted by Starr_Man5:
Good thread Chopper mate, makes a change from the usual dross we're reading daily. :thup:

Naturally I won't be needing to use your tactic as I'm an immensely successful manager on the FM series, as you should know from following my Liverpool threads.

KUTGW mate. :thup:

That I do mate. As a Sunderland fan I'd hoped you would get the Newcastle job in real life

retired_coffeescentedcoffee · 01-18-2008, 09:05 PM

Thought I'd give the non-league experience a go with Fisher. Used my own tactic, similar to Choppers with only one striker up front. hat striker has 15+ Pace as do the wingers who are on loan. Got another two loan signings, one in Goal and the other DC. Pretty amazed with it all so far... beat teams from higher divisions in the cups and scoring for fun!

retired_coffeescentedcoffee · 01-18-2008, 09:06 PM

arse, ballsed up the image insertion!

Kimmi201 · 01-18-2008, 09:23 PM

Excellent guide there mate. Ever thought of writing more and getting them posted up onto other websites main site?

lowlife · 01-18-2008, 09:30 PM

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Originally posted by chopper99:
Hello all.

I know a lot of people are struggling and tearing their hair out in frustration with FM08, particularly with the 8.0.1 patch. But not me. Since starting my Gateshead save I've enjoyed it a lot, and picked up a lot of useful knowledge (hopefully) along the way. So I thought I'd try and write a step by step guide to how I got to the point where I use one tactic with no tweaking, where the quality of the players in my team is the most important thing, and where I don't seem to suffer from the shots/goals ratio or any other bugs that are apparent enough to annoy me in any way.

This 'guide' will cover everything from the tactic I use (this will just incorperate a link to my tactic posted in the tactics forum, so if you don't want to know anything about tactics but still want to read this thread then don't worry, the tactic itself won't be discussed here), the way I incorperate opposition instructions, team talks, transfer tips and hopefully much more. Some of this will have been covered before perhaps but hopefully there will be something useful for someone. And while it may have been covered before what I'm hoping will make this different is that I'll be outlining exactly what I've done so far to take Gateshead from the Blue Square North to the Championship (and hopefully soon The Premiership as I'm currently only in my first season in the Championship. After a bit of a stutter in the Blue Square Premiership where I was developing my tactic I've since won back to back promotions to get here).

*Disclaimer. I never cheat and have never replayed any match or anything like that to get results. With that in mind I believe I've developed a series of techniques that help maximise success. But that being said there is no easy way to win in FM. I hope to outline everything I do in the hope that following all instructions will allow people to have similar success to me with minimum effort. But I've always still had periods where my teams not performed as well as I would have liked and I've got frustrated. But I've found that sticking with the same tactic was the better option in the long run and that judging the performance at the end of the season was a much better indicator than judging the performance game to game.

So with this in mind I'll begin.....

You do realise when the 8.0.2 your gonna have to start all over again...gutted

My in depth guide to how I've had success and immensely enjoyed FM8.0.1

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My in depth guide to how I've had success and immensely enjoyed FM8.0.1