4 Months Played- Decent Start Continues

Hello Readers! 4 months of the season have now been played, and you can see the latest results below. It has been a good couple of months for us, going unbeaten throughout that period. Especially good were the 4-0 victory away at Man Utd, when we played fantastically, and the 3-0 win over Atletico, also away. It seems we are playing slightly better away from home, as we also beat Macabi Haifa 5-1 away, in another good performance when we were missing a few players and had a weakened team. We also got a good point at Chelsea in the last match, when we dominated but they scored a late equaliser from a corner. Overall a good couple of months, then.

Below is the current League Table, in which we are still sitting comfortably top. We do have a few tough fixtures coming up and we have to play Man City, away, Tottenham, Man Utd and Arsenal in the next couple of months.

This is the Champions League Group Table. Due to our wins over Atletico, twice, and Macabi Haifa, also twice we have qualified quite comfortably, and that now gives me the liberty of resting a few players in the last game. The Champions League is of course the target for this season, so I am awaiting the draw for the knockouts, eagerly.

These are the current player stats. I want to mention Luis Fabiano, and have special praise for him because, when Gignac broke his ankle, he has stepped up magnificently with 9 goals recently, including lots of crucial Champions League goals.

That's all for this post, have a Happy New Year and please comment. Thanks for reading.

Winning Start with England

Today's post is just a short one about my first two games as England manager. They were games I expected to win, and would have been disappointed if we hadn't won them. Below are the screenshot for the Azerbaijan game. As you can see we won 4-1 with a great performance from Gerrard, in particular, as well as Rooney, Walcott, Crouch and Lampard.


Here are the match stats for that game. We had an amazing amount of shots- 27! That is a good number, although 10 of them were Long Shots, so actually it was 17 chances created. We dominated in just about everything, as of course we should against a team like Azerbaijan.

The other match was against Austria, another match I expected to win, especially at home. The result suggests it was a very close match, but really it wasn't as we were always superior and more dangerous, and should have won by a bigger margin.

Here are the match stats, for the game. Although the possession was shared equally, you can see we had a lot more attempts and had double the amount of efforts on target.

Here are the tactics I used for the first two games. Rooney has been trained by Man Utd to play as an AMC, so I thought I would try him there and he played quite well. The Defence has my usual player settings. They are- DC- Central Defender-Defend and the Full backs are- Full Back- Support. In midfield I set Lampard as a Deep Lying Playmaker- Support and Gerrard as a Box- to- Box Midfielder, which is always Support. Rooney is AMC- Attack and Walcott and Young are Wingers- Attack. Crouch up front has the settings of Target Man- Attack.

I haven't completely settled on this tactic yet, and plan to try it more over the coming matches, so it may change once I see what it is like against better opponents.

That's all for this post, thanks for reading, and there will be another one soon.

Two months played - decent start, but Champions League worries

Hi, hope you all had a good Christmas. Two months of the third season have now been played, and I would like to fill you in on my latest results, which you can see on the screenshot below. Overall it's been a good start to the season, with only two defeats, although these defeats were very disappointing, especially the one at Fulham. We played terribly at Fulham, but we played much better against Chelsea, and just couldn't take our chances. This, in some ways is even more disappointing than if we had played badly.

Below is the current league table. We are top, although not by much, so I really want to win our game in hand- which is against Aston Villa- to open the gap at the top.

This is the current Champions League table. The group is pretty tough, because Roma and Atletico are good teams. Despite this we hammered Atletico 4-0 with a really good performance and we got a good 0-0 away at Roma. You might be wondering then, why I am saying we have Champions League worries? The problem is, I messed up when I signed Otamendi and Silva, because I didn't realise they were cup-tied. This means in defence I have to play Carragher and Jourdain, a young regen, who he is pretty good, but not as good as Otamendi. Unfortunately Carragher got sent off against Roma (2 bookings) so is suspended for the next match. As you may know I sold Kryiakgos, in the summer, and sent Havard Nystad out on loan. This means in the next match I will have to play Marra, who is only 15 and although he has great potential, is not good enough now. Luckily the next match is against Maccabi Haifa, who are the weakest team in the group, but I don't like to think what would happen if Carragher or Jourdain gets injured later on.

The first England games of my reign are coming up soon. I have selected the squad and hope to beat Austria and Azerbaijan quite comfortably.

Also as you may have noticed I have a nice Liverpool skin on my game. I got it from the wonderful makers at FM-Base, so if you like it I would recommend you to check it out.

That's all for this post, keep playing FM and comment!

Transfers for 3rd Season and I become England Manager!

I have finished all my transfers for the 3rd season. As I said in a previous post, I was given a mega $101m to spend. As you can see from the screenshot below I spent more than that, but I sold alot of players as well. The major departures of course, were Angel Di Maria, Martin Skrtel and Dirk Kuyt. Although all these players were important last season, but were all sold due to very good offer being made for them by other clubs.

Obviously, the major signing of the summer for me was David Silva. A massive $61m was spent on this world-class player. Silva was signed as a replacement for Di Maria, and I think you will agree that he is a better player. He is also very useful as he can play in a number of different positions. Silva will be my first choice Left Winger in my 4-4-2 formation, with Riera as his backup.

Otamendi was signed as a direct replacement for Skrtel. He has amazing physical stats, (that you unfortunately can't see, I will get that sorted) and is quicker and stronger than Skrtel. He is also younger, so can be a long term player for me in defence.

Luis Fabiano was signed as a replacement for Kuyt. I signed him for just $8.25m, which is alot less than I sold Kuyt for. I think this is a great deal, because Fabiano is younger, quicker, more skillful, and a better finisher. I am training him to be an AMR, so he can truly be a replacement for Kuyt.

Alot of money was spent on this 17 year old regen Left Winger. I spent this much money, because he has very good attributes for his age and has the potential to be as good as Silva.

Galvan was snapped up on a free transfer, after a trial due to his amazing potential. He is skillful and quick and I think he will develop into a very good AMC.

Regen wonderkid Vavilov was signed for a mere $4.5k! What were CSKA thinking? Mind you I'm not complaining as he has amazing attributes, and my coach says he has the potential to be as good as Fernando Torres.

Alot of money was spent on 15 year old regen Marra. That's because he has the potential to be a quality player! You can't see his physical attributes but he is quite quick, (14), strong(15), and good in the air (jumping-15).

That's all the transfers, I hope they will make us stronger, and help us achieve the goal of winning the Champions League!

Finally, as you will have noticed in the title, I am now the England manager! Yes, after Fabio Capello resigned, I was offered the job and I accepted straight away. Now I will mix my time with Liverpool with my time with England. Just so you know England are currently 3rd in the world rankings, so I hope I can lead them to the top!

That's all for now, please comment if you are a reader.

As this will be my last post before Christmas, I would like to say, Merry Christmas to everyone!

FM Wonderkids after Two Seasons!- Strikers

It's time for the next post about FM wonderkids after two seasons. This portion of wonderkids are the strikers, a position I think is the strongest for wonderkids in FM. Above are Alberto Paloschi's attributes. As you can see he has great pace and has decent technical attributes.

Nathan Delfouneso is a very promising player on FM. He is very quick, quite skillful and I am sure his finishing will improve and make him a good Premier League player in the future.

Daniel Aquino has slightly disappointing attributes and has developed that well. On the other hand he is still only 20 so has time to develop. His major weakness is poor finishing so he doesn't score that many goals.

Above are the attributes for Federico Macheda. As you can see, he is currently on loan at Fulham, and is obviously been sent to get some experience. The major weakness for Macheda is his low dribbling which means he will probably have difficulty beating defenders.

Pato is a world-class striker now. He is very quick, skillful and a decent finisher as well. The problem is he is very highly priced, so the chances of getting him, even at the start of the game, are very slim. Balotelli is a good striker, although he isn't a world class player. He has major advantages of high strength, speed and skill. He is also a very good set-piece taker and can play on either wing.

Bojan is a good player on FM 2010, but isn't as good as on previous versions. He is quite quick, skillful and is a decent finisher. Unfortunately he doesn't get much game time at Barca, so maybe that's holding him back a bit.

Aguero is the best young striker in FM. He is very quick, skillful and is an intelligent player. His finishing has also improved in the first two seasons in the game. The only problem is his very high price, so it is unlikely that he will ever leave Atletico on FM.

That's all for now, I have nearly finished my transfers so will inform you about them soon.

Keep reading and please comment!

FM Wonderkids after Two Seasons!- Midfielders

It's time for the next post about FM Wonderkids after two seasons. In this post I have got screenshots of wonderkids for every midfield position. Above is Toni Kroos as you can see he is still at Bayern. He has only average physical attributes which is his major drawback. He is technically very good and is a very creative player.

Above are Deigo Buonanotte's stats. He is very quick and skillful but his major weakness is that he is very small and very poor in the air. The problem with him is that he would probably be kicked alot, so has higher chance of getting injured.

Pjanic is a very good attacking midfielder. He is quick and has very good all round attributes. I would recommend him.
Pastore is a relatively new name, but he is a very good player. He is quick, skillful and has very high flair, so would be difficult to play against. Recommended.

Wijnaldum has developed decently in the first 2 seasons in FM. He is quite skillful and is a good passer. I would say he is a level below Pastore and Pjanic.

Marko Marin is a very difficult player to face due to his high acceleration and dribbling. He is also very versatile, and I rate him quite highly.

Saivet was signed by Man City on my game at the start of the first season. He is still very young and has potential to develop into a very good player because he is quick and quite skillful. He can also play on either wing which is an advantage.

Carlos Eduardo is a good player, good enough for AC Milan to sign him for $12.5m in Jan 2010! He is quick, skillful and a good passer.

Stevan Jovetic was signed by Reggina at start of 3rd season. The reason Reggina was able to pay so much money for him is because they were taken over by a billionaire. Jovetic is a good all round player as his attributes show, although he is especially good at dribbling and finishing.

Mata is one of the best young left winger, if not the best. He is quick, skillful and can score lots of goals due to his high finishing. I would highly recommend him.

Aaron Ramsey is the new Fabregas of Arsenal and future star of Wales. He is a good passer and creator of chances, and is starting to play more regularly for Arsenal now (18 games last season).

Hamsik is surprisingly, still at Napoli, as I expected him to move early on in the game. He is quick and a good passer, and also good at set-piece taking. He isn't a good tackler though, so wouldn't win many challenges in the centre of midfield.

Rodwell is a player I greatly admire due to his versatility and pace. He is a very good all round player, and one I would like to sign if he didn't play for Everton.

Javi Martinez is the star player for Athletic, but isn't as good on FM 2010 as he is on previous FMs. He is a decent all round player and is very strong in the centre of the park.

Zuclini is one of Genoa's best players. He is very quick and is a decent passer and tackler.

Gosling, like Rodwell is another good young Everton player. He isn't as good as Rodwell, but has still developed quite well.

Bolzoni, is for some reason transfer listed by Genoa. I can't understand why as he has good enough attributes for a team like Genoa, although he isn't a very good player, merely a decent holding midfielder.
Camacho is probably the best young DMC on FM. He has good attributes in every area and is still very young, only 20.

That's all for now, please comment, and there will be another post about Transfers soon.

Liverpool do the double and player stats!

In the last post I said that Liverpool were in the FA Cup final against Arsenal. To my great pleasure we managed to win the match, although it was hardly a classic. Not much had happened until Torres ran through and scored in the 60th minute. I then set the mentality from attacking to standard and Arsenal didn't create any real chances and the match just petered out. I didn't mind though as it meant we had done the double! Above are the premier league stats for 2010/2011. Because of his amazing goalscoring it's no surprise that Torres was also the top goalscorer in Europe and won the golden shoe. Gerrard won the English Footballer of the Year award mainly due to the amazing feat of scoring 24 goals from midfield. Gignac won players player of the year, which is a bit of a surprise as he faded towards the end of the season.

Above are the player stats for every competition. Glen Johnson again played in every game of the season. He has now played all 113 games since I took over!

Above are the player goalscoring stats. Obvisouly Torres was top and Gerrard and Gignac were behind him, although it is slightly worrying that more goals aren't coming from other players. If one or two out of those three get a serious injury, it would be interesting to see how the team could cope.

This is the final league table. The table shows our superiority, as we won by a huge number of points.

These are the last few results of the season. In the last few Premiership matches (after the league had been won) I played alot of the subs and a couple of young players. I think they aquitted themselves quite well, apart from the 0-0 at Hull which was slightly disappointing. As I have said before the target for next season is the Champions League, and I can tell you that I have got $101m dollars to spend, which is a huge sum of money. I will be looking for players who can take us to the next level and I will fill you in about Transfers in a next post.

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