football manager 2012 (release date is 21st oct)

Yeah, I've always played without extra kits/logos/player photos/backgrounds etc.

been reading this thread both with interest and a deep underlying fear that I am on the cusp of diving into this yet again and wasting three months of time... :-/

Kerr please, that's just not healthy anymore, it's overload

the pictures package that was 4gb that we spoke about earlier is great btw but id get the ones i posted above first

but honestly, theyre great! if you get them you wont regret it.

Sam theres other skins optimized for these backgrounds. Just not tried them yet. Game isnt any slower either

http://i43.tinypic.com/303ajk0.jpg

that looks horrible imo.

first four games of the season 3-1L v. Spurs, 5-0W v. Leicester, 3-3D which had to be save from going 3-1 down v. Pompy, 0-0 draw v. Newcastle.

Deserve to be fired if this continues.
Got the players and the tactics to suit them, they are just aren't listening to them.

Phil Jones and Wellbeck in midfield? What madman is running Utd in your universe AG?

sir fergie! there was injuries i assume.

got rid of the stadium things because it was hard to read. everything else i installed works great

fuck this, i am resigning. fucking cunts fucking won't listen to tactics fucking fuck them. losing 1-0 to lever at home because they won't fucking close down a man who is running at them, or the guy standing in the box absolutely free for him to pass to. this has happened like 5 fucking times, of course they scored from it. fuck them fuck them fuck them.

10 fucks, kudos :)

Does Balotelli play with fireworks in the new version too, or do I have to download a patch for that?

oh thank fuck the first major update. knew there was a reason why today would be the day i start again. ok must remember to pay attention in march. wonder if i can use trial days to steal other teams trial players.

an update?

Sports Interactive have a habit of releasing the game before they sort the 4000 bugs and usually release an update the week it comes out. Dunno, steam automatically had a big update, so I presume its that.

ahh. that means i will need to quit the game then restart to get the update? let me know the differences.

add pfunkboy1973 to your steam friends. let me know who you are obviously hehe

oh apparently f12 does ingame screenshots if thats of use to you sam

you don't need to start again w/ updates, or at least you didn't need to last two seasons.

i meant do i need to restart steam to get the update?

i guess

i restarted my laptop a window did come up for a second saying steam was updating but thats it. doesnt look like the games any different and it didnt say fm12 had been updated. dont think the version # has changed

the update was the 27th. i already got that
http://www.footballmanager.com/news/5440

did you d/l the game via steam or buy the dvd?

bought it like a normal person

hey kerr in yr barca tactic, under player instructions how are players passing stats shown? i've just cut almost everyone down to at least 'short'

let me do a screenshot, i was actually just looking at them!

i bought it via steam so maybe we got priority for the update 4 days ago?

http://i41.tinypic.com/ws1tky.jpg

or do you mean all the player instructions? each one is different. i can take a screenshot of then and email it in a zip for you if you want

http://i44.tinypic.com/fxtlz7.jpg

tbh why dont you just download the actual tactic and use it?
http://www.fmscout.com/a-barcelona-style-in-fm-2012.html

you can have 3 tactics so install it and decide if you want to use it as your starting or not.

it does your individual player instructions and your setpieces too. it really IS barcelona tactics.

if you dont like it or doesnt work great for you then you can scrap it.
have you started a new game as barca?

can anyone tell me how to do the schedules in training? apparently that makes a big difference when done properly

i d/l and installed from http://www.fmscout.com/c-training12.html

i imported as it said. but i cant see where i can actually implement the schedules as 0 players are down as using it,theyre all still on the default ones.

i did but it doesn't feel right. they are too good to manage. its like im using cheat codes.

high line you have there - sure it works for the likes of kelly and johnson?

seems to!

are you gonna install the tactic to try? you really should. its terrific.

what is your steamname btw?

now finding this works even better. esp as messi and bojan swap positions with each other (no wonder gerrard was scoring so many)
http://i41.tinypic.com/5eu3ys.jpg

also could play suarez in where bojan and downing or bale on left. its quite good to have so many options. Was well worth retraining bojan to an amc.

also lol at fm12 advert at halftime of arsenal game

my stream name is Sutrarama

i'm gonna have to figure out a team to manage. Thinking maybe do Arsenal again but turn off first window transfers, go on holiday till Jan and then start.

(before i think about tactics.)

oh yeah i shoulda known that as its your lastfm name

if you turn off first transfer windows does that mean noone signs players or just you?

i kinda like that idea myself of holidaying til jan. might do that next time i start a new game.

no-one iirc

that explains why its there then. That will make it more realistc teamsheet wise then

are we the only guys playing fm 2012 or is pandemic playing too? G needs to join us.

Feb 29th I come back from holiday and wonder where to get a job only to see that Jose had been sacked a week before! Real in 4th with a need for someone to sort them out? Shit yes.

boooooooooo

are you sacked yet?

as i lost my first game, at home, i presume its coming any day now.

ronnie in a huff yet?

this club is a fucking shambles. no coaches (maybe they left w/ jose.). conceded as many as the clubs around the relegation zones. morale is fucking low. the one player they bought in january was fucking fellaini.

lol ayew went to arsenal anyway without me being involved. some transfers are just so fucking obvious.

are you going to sign coaches?

well obviously. i've already p much got my first team coaching sorted, gonna look into sweet yut coaches now.