The Boot Room (new managers zone)

[Wilderness]

Hey all.

Quick history of myself in the game. I started playing the game last season and probably more by luck won a double being the cup and league title. This 46th season i started out with the intention of getting to know the game engine and strategy a lot better.

I play a 4-5-1 V-style which for me looks like a neat combination attacking down the flanks with generally a normal mind set.

This season was tight for me. I was trailing 1st by 1 point till the second last game to an oppenent and i luckily pushed through ending the season 71 points.

Want to thank you guys for providing new managers with a discussion area. From a few of the posts pages I have read it all seems you guys have colourful personalities

Hope you guys can further my grasp of the game ^^ and perhaps I can help others (more unlikely)

This season saw me win another double. League and Champions league. Getting knocked out of the Cup by 2 draws and having less away goals.

Only lost 1 game this season but feel that level 3 Manager will have more challenges for me. Hopefully I can build further. Though I foresee myself eventually tanking a season.

regards
Wilderness

[Zangy]

2nil down in the 1st half of my 1st game of the season, bot set his team to 3-1-3W-1-2 so I changed my WD formation to 4-2(DMC)-2(AMC)-2 and won it 2-4.
My big buy ST from last season got injured for 5 games already ruining what would have been a good start to the season.
I re-signed a player last season and sold him earlier today, some small change that I would have lost if I didnt renew

[Wilderness]

So had a worried start to the season, I was silly enough to spend 10 tokens on upgrading my youth academy (liked the cosmetic look) and as a player that doesn't buy tokens, it will leave me to pick up players later on the season so I can avoid this intense time of bid wars.

On a more positive note, my V style demolished my opponent's 3-4-3 (likely a person who manages his team now and then) 6-1 at home. Apparently my keeper mistimed his clearance allowing them to slip in a goal but oh well. He was rank 5 to my rank 3, but his quality wasn't awfully lot higher than mine. (Had some key purchases and luck with starting squad seeming to be decent back in season 1 and 2 for me)

Moving onto the away leg tomorrow will be keen to see if he pitches up and tries to turn my 5 goal difference in aggregate or just abandon it for this season.

Hope you guys kicked off your Cup with great performances as well.

Regards
Wilderness

[Zangy]

This sucks! i got trolled 3-nil away
Started with 3-2-2-2-1 Butterfly vs his 4-4-2, then switched to 3-4-1-2 when 1 goal down then lost 2 goals.
We were evenly matched team-wise, but his squad is 3* while mine is 2. His 1st 11 were all 3*, mine were a mix of 4, 3 and 2*.

So now, I'm knocked out of the Cup already on the 1st round. Top 2 players' morale deteriorated to Poor and my Keeper's morale also down to Poor after playing a friendly match.

Has anyone every had only 1 keeper in the squad for a period of time? My other keeper retired but I'm waiting to see what I get from the U21 in 5 days time

[Saransh Vatsa]

This sucks! i got trolled 3-nil away
Started with 3-2-2-2-1 Butterfly vs his 4-4-2, then switched to 3-4-1-2 when 1 goal down then lost 2 goals.
We were evenly matched team-wise, but his squad is 3* while mine is 2. His 1st 11 were all 3*, mine were a mix of 4, 3 and 2*.

So now, I'm knocked out of the Cup already on the 1st round. Top 2 players' morale deteriorated to Poor and my Keeper's morale also down to Poor after playing a friendly match.

Has anyone every had only 1 keeper in the squad for a period of time? My other keeper retired but I'm waiting to see what I get from the U21 in 5 days time

Guess it is ain a 4-4-2 domination season. Nothing works against it from 4-5-1V to 4-2-2-2 hexagon!!! Leave alone ND it stopped working long ago. Even I lost to it and am out of cup!!!!

[Jack Pnefc Howarth]

I've just got promoted into Div 6, I reached the Champions league final twice in a row and lost both, but had a cr*p season last time and got knocked out on GD because of a heavy defeat, but my target is to Win a trophy, not a runner up trophy, a winners trophy.

[Saransh Vatsa]

4-4-2 'The Killer' Classic


The cup curse continues. I had drawn the first home leg 1-1 and 2nd leg I was leading 1-0 after Cazorla scored. Then bang they scored from the super overpowered 'Double Corners'. It was then long time, I made a few changes, came back to square one and at 80th min, they scored again!!!! I only needed to equalise and wud have advanced on away goals but even that was too much for me to ask. Match ends and I lose.
And our Q was almost same, he was .8 behind. But the reason for my defeat 4-4-2. He was using it. I tried 4-5-1V and Hexagon but nothing works against that crap. I hate that in a football manager simulation game, there is one formation which is so dominating that it is difficult to win against it...... Well, I won't waste my time venting no more as I don't want to take trouble IRL for this stupid game.
And ya, I had win bonus set to 600K and yet no win lols

[Zangy]

Looks like you got trolled like me.
At least for me its only my 3rd season so I could use the less cluttered fixtures to recover

[Saransh Vatsa]

Looks like you got trolled like me.
At least for me its only my 3rd season so I could use the less cluttered fixtures to recover

Even I will concentrate on my highly competitive league and also CL. I have a lot of cash this season and don't need much of it so the cash from the Cup is not much problem. But I wanted to hang up and be in the run for the Cup for a while. It is almost sure for me to be on the next round of CL as my group is very weak.

[Saransh Vatsa]

There is just 50 mins b/w my league match and CL match tonight. So will have to apply greens.
I will get 5% CND naturally just after the match so I will have to apply 1 green each to take them on to 95%.