After how many games Kenny? When you do change tactics, it can take a while for them to get fluid so it might take a couple of games.

KennysHeroes (U1935)

I think it depends on the ambitions you set at the beginning of the season and as melton said, how many games into the season you are. If in doubt though, you can go to the Job tab in the right hand corner and click I think Job Security, sort PL clubs and you'll see what position you are in....I think you should also see it from the boardroom tab at the top of the window.

Into my second season with United, won all trophies but the CL thanks to the game acting up...1-0 up in the final against Bayern, decided in the 70th to make 3 subs....IMMEDIATELY after I make the subs, Rafael gets injured. I put 2 banks of 4....in the 92nd minute, Robben waltzes through my team and scores...goes to penos, and we lose 11-12

Decided to get rid of some players and start building for the future this season so I sold Young, Valencia, Welbeck, Honda(got on a free in January - 1st season) and invested in Luke Shaw as Evra's successor and that AML from Benfica as a replacement for Young.

2nd season was a bit more challenging. Started strong only to go on a lose & draw run of around 5 games. Thankfully my rivals were equally poor and as of now, in late December, I'm 2 pts. clear with Chelsea and Fulham(yes, you read correctly) chasing. Tottenham sacked AVB who is at City, Pelligrini was sacked as he had City in 10th after spending more than 100m and Brendan was also sacked after Pool wound up in 18th or so midseason.

I've went celtic, played more than half the season and have them in CL quarters after a tactical masterclass over 2 legs v bayern saw me go through with a 2-1 win at home and 0-0 at the Allianz. Got Chelsea next, signed Distin as he was available for cheap and has natural fitness of 20 so I think he'll be able to play at the top for a good solid seasons and mame birame diouf.

Melton
Im 5 games in. Ive drawn 3 and lost 2. Im just hoping the board do anything rash. The missus is working late tonight so Im going to put in a hefty shift with it later.

Denis_Law

Sounds like youre having a good season anyway. Cant believe Fulham are pushing for the title and Liverpool are fighting relegation.

Ah you have a while yet then Kenny!

KennysHeroes (U1935)

You should be safe for a while yet. Seems the owners at Pool in the game are very forgiving...it probably goes without saying that you need to pick up some wins.

I use this formation: - 4-5-1

RvP/ Roo - Advance Fwd/ Complete Fwd

AML - Inside Fwd (19/20 year old guy from Benfica)

AMR - Winger(nani)

CM-Advanced Playmaker-Kagawa

CM-Box to Box Mid - Sven Bender/Fellani/ Fletcher

DM - Anchor - Carrick/ Fellani/ Fletcher/ Sven Bender

Back 4- default

For the most part, it is unbeatable at home and will get pts. away

just got battered by chelsea in quarters

So I sat down and spent a bit of time on my tactics last night. I used a counter-attacking 4-2-3-1 but the game seems to recognise this as a 4-3-3. Anyway my performances are picking up. I was able to pick up two draws against Spurs and Chelsea. I’m still waiting on my first league win though, but I suppose it will come once the team becomes familiar with the formation. On the plus side Suarez is back from his 10 game ban

Can anyone tell me why I’m unable to find coaches like Rene Muelensteen when I search for them

You should be able to, unless you are using a very small database or something? Make sure you aren't spelling his surname wrong

20 league games with spurs - top of the league, but this is where the fun starts....

Honda arriving anyday now on a free, too many midfielders so offered dembele to other clubs for £20m...

Lewandowski hasn't signed a new deal! Had to offer big bucks to register interest so he's considering:

100k a week
17k per appearance
20k per goal
1mill league top scorer bonus

This is the start of my smart deals which keeps my squad/team strong whilst making money, do it all the time which allows me to spend big or buy loads of wonderkids

I am trying hard not to spend big money but it's hard. What I would like to do is develop my own players. Either bringing players from the academy or signing players at 16 and develop them.

Has anyone ever had a successful academy?. Obviously you need top class youth facilities and recruitment. I managed to turn 2 academy players into world class talent on FM12 but can't seem to do it anymore. Any ideas?

That could be a decent challenge. Start a game and don't spend any money on any players over 16. Either sign very young talent or use academy players

On 2010 I was bringing out WC youth players by the handful

2nd season comes to a climax with Man United 3pts. clear at the top of the league going into the final day.

2nd place Chelsea away to N'castle

1st place United home to City

Here's hoping we get the draw to secure the title

That moment when your CB is your top scorer

Vellios and Mirallas are beasts

Currently in the first test of my managerial career.

Strengthened my squad this the 3rd season, selling Darren Fletcher and buying Waynama and other players. We are doing fairly well before my team is seized by a plethora of injuries and before I know it Cardiff is beating me at home, Pool & Arsenal are drawing at OT even though they are massively under-performing.

At my lowest I was 7th with two members saying we're underachieving and I basically had to reassure them. Thankfully results seemed to have picked up and I'm now 5th 9 pts behind Chelsea, with two games in hand...the awkward thing though is that I'm yet to play City home & away and have to play Pool, Arsenal all away.

You've got 2 options in that instance:

Go against instinct and lie through your teeth and don't slate them for playing poorly.....

Or go on holiday for a few games/10 days and hope your assistant can turn it around!

started a new one again, really struggling to get into it. Went Southampton as they've lots of good young players and a great academy, signed Balanta too who is sick.

Lionel

I'll admit, I told them it'll get better, and for a while it did, until Villa who was in 13th came to OT and grabbed a late goal while my attackers decided to miss every chance they got...that was the last straw, I restarted without saving.

I am questioning whether it is the matchengine/ my tactics. I basically used the same tactics to get me two PL wins and one CL, and without major personnel changes, how can my team suddenly become so awful?! All 3 of my strikers are on 5+ game non-scoring streaks, I'm amazed we still at least have a shot at the title. I honestly don't feel a major improvement on my players with their stats, esp. when my strikers with top end composure & finishing & off the ball simply hit the post/ gift the GK the ball.

Andy

Balanta is a gem, this is the D LC from Colombia or thereabouts?

What do people think to this

---------------Hart
Zabaleta--Subotic--Kompany--Coentrao
-
--------Schneiderlin--Fernandinho--Toure
------------------------Silva
---------Lewandowski--Aguero

Looks solid enough, what are the player roles?

Yeah the key is how you use them individually, looks very good on paper

-----------Goalkeeper
CWB------CD----CD-----CWB
-
----------BTB--BWM--BTB
-----------------AM
---------AF-----------ST

Here to rant again at the sheer stupidity of this game. How strikers with lower stats than mine can bang in goals at will while my attackers so happen to hit the post/ GK with their shots.

Why is it that I can play a 5 man midfield including Wanyama & Fellaini and still get dominated AT HOME against the 17th place team low on confidence who are playing a 4-4-2? Why is it that the tactics that served me well for two seasons all of a sudden are ineffective and my players playing worse than ever?

I'm led to believe some of these games are based on luck rather than actual tactics. I played Bayern recently, team missed all sorts of sitters and bayern won 3-0. Started over, used the same tactics and beat bayern 3-0. It is starting to become extremely frustrating when the team under performs or these 2nd rate teams suddenly know how to unlock world class defences with Barca esque passing

Who was the 17th placed team Dennis? Sometimes your players don't play as well against teams they have a bad record against