football manager 2012 (release date is 21st oct)

i assume you have the actual official game update first?

http://www.fmscout.com/i-859-FM2010-Patch-103.html

its the one for the game itself

looks like http://www.fmscout.com/i-915-Summer-2010-Update-Pack.html has all the transfers up to the start of the 2010/11 season

hahahaha every player becomes a free agent in fm 2010
http://www.fmscout.com/i-874-Free-Agents-Database.html

More than 280.000 got sacked , starting from Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi to Apisalome Turuva of Fiji or Matana Paongo of Tonga.

Absolutely all players are free agents now.

go get your dream team!

fm10 epl facepack http://www.fmscout.com/i-723-Premier-League-Facepack.html

fm10 team logos etc http://www.fmscout.com/i-747-Metallic-Logo-Megapack-for-FM-2010.html

dunno how long that would take to d/l sadly

best just to look through them all and see what you fancy as i never used patches other than the official updates on fm10

if you get the fm12 game then i can help you anytime

cheers. haven't gone back to the 2010's for ages anyway tbh. Current game is in 2036 atm and I'll just take another job in this universe when i get sacked/resign from my current position. I like the imaginary player aspect more than the real.

yeah it is fun. With that happening you dont need to worry about not having real life players/managers at the right teams.

do get http://www.fmscout.com/i-644-FMRTE-Beta-for-FM-2010.html though. You can edit anything you like with it.
budgets,wages,salaries,ground capacities scout/coaches stats ,players and loads more.

ohhhh i got the scotland job just before the world cup finals. Peru in first game GONNA GET REVENGE FOR 78 YA BASTARDS!!!!!

(hopefully)

lol spain left iniesta out of the squad as he hadn't fully recovered from injury and england left rooney out completely. Capello is still manager hahaha

a tactic btw for those who take smaller teams rather than the top ones

http://www.fmscout.com/a-fm12-tactic-grixs-counter.html

This tactic has brought me great success with my beloved SAFC.

It is a counter tactic so should be good for smaller teams but defence is important.

GK- 1on1s important as is handling and distribution is set to short.
FB - Crossing Stamina Passing Work Rate
RCB- Heading Jumping Tackling Agression
LCB- Pace Heading Passing Positioning
RMC- Playmaker. Not set completely but makes most of the chances. Passing Creativity Decisions Long Shots
LMC- Ball Winner. Tackling Stamina Passing Composure.
AMR- Crossing Passing Finishing Still to find a star for this position
AML- Dribbling Flair Creativity Finishing Passing. The match winner
STR- The poaching machine. Finishing Pace Composure Off the Ball
STL- The Target Man STrength Finishing Passing Creativity

None of this is concrete but use V3 mostly to start once in front switch to V2. This seems to counter again and you hold your lead. Alternatively you could reverse this or use one if successful.

No shouts
Ass Man takes opp instructions

Team Talks are important this year and sure you can work it out however no pressure seems to work well.

Download
http://www.fmscout.com/datas/users/grix_counter_v3_sunderland_dec_2013_18399.tac version 3

http://www.fmscout.com/datas/users/grix_counter_v2_sunderland_dec_2013_18399.tac version 2

Who is your ass man, sam? lol

http://www.fmscout.com/datas/users/2011-11-01_00002_18399.jpg

lol sunderland obv but he also posted a screenshot of him winning almost every game so it certainly works for him

lol kerr you have officially gone mental

bet you're using them though...

god help me I'm thinking about getting this, beats being an internationally exhibited visual artist

Nah. I genuinely don't give a fuck about patches. In fact I kinda miss the charm of made up badges, and am annoyed I have no idea what half the things mean now I get asked about Spanish named prizes and comps, on account of speaking English.

youre such a grump! youre the darraghmac of fm12!

sam out!

the real badges,strips,competition names enhance the game so much. its fantastic.

They really dont over here. Understanding tactics and training and youth development on the other hand

Also beating barca. Cry little Leo, cry. The fascists are coming.

sam see your players who ignored your tactics? did you have them on high creativity? that might explain it.

Yeah I'm starting to come around to the fact that I can't play 'very fluid' anymore, no roaming either.

im sticking with my barca tactics for whoever i play now. im winning every game from 2-0 to 10-0

I had the Arsenal tactic down to a tee last time and played it again this year- guess it was realistic again.

Barca still 13 points ahead. But I could win the CL, just had an 8-7 ag semi final win against the gunners. Also absolutely gutted my b, c and u19 teams to re-do them this summer. Only signing I made or will make that isn't transfer listed or on the cheap or a youth is Cavani.

looks like i got an update. status screen says 12.0.4 now instead of 3

what is yours sam?

shite, the update has somehow changed stats on all of my players and they are all significantly lower. messi and co all have only 15 for pace,dribbling,finishing yet they were nearly full.
i thought id try fmrte to fix it but apparently it wont work with the update. i cant even use the fitness thing. Still beating teams and top of the league after 4 games but i hate the fact its reduced everyones stats to below what i started with. stupid update.

ok fmrte is supposedly the best scout tool too

As a scout tool it will let you see player's attributes, their current and potential ability, their value and how a club would like for the player. FMRTE has been available since Football Manager 2008, and we have seen it evolve greatly in that time.

but it doesnt work with new steam update so will need to wait for the fmrte update.

coulda done with the scouting help in the close season.

oh and this is a guide i found for the fm11 version http://web.archive.org/web/20110703081909/http://www.fmrte.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=909 but supposedly the new one has more features.

ok new patch http://www.fmrte.com/2011/11/04/fmrte-v5-0-2-for-football-manager-2012/

that was quick. Now to figure out how to reset the stats to what they were.

its funny how i wanted to avoid using this for other than keeping players fit yet the stupid update is making me use fmrte. its like the gods are trying to make me cheat. but i will resist.

sam will guide me in my hour of need

So I just tried to buy this. Maybe I have bought it. I don't know. I seem to have downloaded and installed something called 'Steam'. Why exactly, I have no idea. I seem to need some kind of validation code before I actually get the game. I haven't got one. According to my e-mail: "Your order is being validated. To prevent fraud, an additional check of your purchase is required. To this effect, your key will only be sent once your purchase has been validated. The aforementioned check can take up to a few hours. We strive to deliver your key to you as fast as possible." I've been waiting a few hours. Getting bored now.

yeah you need to have a steam account. even if you bought the dvd you still NEED steam now. its to prevent piracy unfortunately. I already had steam anyway as its simpler to use.
The validation is manual so has to be actually done by a real person and i guess its friday night... hope you dont need to wait to long. Because i had pre-ordered from steam i didnt need to wait for validation.

if you need any help with the game jamie feel free to ask, i have thread bookmarked so happy to help anyone with it.

I'm sure I will need help (eventually). I assume you used to go by a different name?

did you use the link/code to get it for £26.99?

pfunkboy/herman g neuname/algerian goalie etc aka the hamilton accies/liverpool supporter.

Right. No - £29.99.

ahh damn. coulda saved you 3 quid. i paid 29 too. now i know to read these forums to get discounts
http://www.fmscout.com/
http://www.fmrte.com/

as well as the patches etc. if you need help with any of that im happy to help

I just caved and downloaded this (illegally tbh)

Let the mayhem and "lol i'm sad playing this for hours" time commence

dont you need to validate it through steam to play it?

not when i download it illegally. that's why it's called illegal innit

It's a cracked version. Not saying I'm proud of it, but FM probably has done me more harm than any other game, so I kid myself and say it owes me one

you may as well use fmrte then

are you staying up all night playing it?

You don't need steam fyi. But it helps with updates and stuff.

you do. they changed it so that to play the game you must use steam. there was a big controversy about it

well, it HAS to be activated through steam to be able to play it