Rubix001 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Anyone got it yet? Beta went live yesterday. I put a couple of hours in last night, managing Derby obviously. Have to admit I'm finding Mel's generous £0 transfer and £0 wage budgets quite challenging. Bergkamp is available as a free agent coach though so that was a plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Have they brought back the classic mode option this year? All the player and media interaction gets repetitive and doesn’t add anything to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubix001 Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 If anything it's even more interaction based this year. Tonnes of team talks, meetings, new press conferences, quick chats with players. Might get boring after a few seasons but that's what you've got an assistant manager for. I personally love that side of the game, trying to impress video game characters is my jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubbs Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Rubix001 said: Mel's generous £0 transfer and £0 wage budgets quite challenging. From what I've heard, a majority of clubs don't have a budget for the first transfer window. I've started a save with Derby too, to get a feel for the game. Will probably go for a Conference North team when I've got used to FM21. I already have more points in 3 games than Derby have in real life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubbs Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 14 minutes ago, David said: All the player and media interaction gets repetitive and doesn’t add anything to the game. It's more detailed this year and looks to be quite entertaining, you can now throw water bottles during half time team talks lol If it gets boring you can always send your "ass man" to all your press conferences, which is what I normally do, but I feel like I might do more media interaction this year as the revamp of it all looks pretty fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Sounds like it’s getting worse, I miss the old days ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nottingram Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, David said: Have they brought back the classic mode option this year? All the player and media interaction gets repetitive and doesn’t add anything to the game. There is the FM Touch version that comes with the game that is much more stripped back, interactions aren’t on it and you don’t have to worry about your staff beyond having an assistant, a coach, a scout and a DOF. I gave it a try but didn’t like that I could see all player attributes without having to scout them. Think you can unlock this but you have to complete achievements first Think you have to buy the full version on PC or Mac to get the Touch version with it, or when the full game comes out it’s £20 on iPad, but is the exact same game as the Touch version on a laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 I remember the one year, think it was the 2016 version, the Derby chairman offered me a £500m transfer budget in my second season, when I clicked accept, “April Fool” popped up on the screen! Bamfords! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Kids.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiddingsRam Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Mostyn6 said: I remember the one year, think it was the 2016 version, the Derby chairman offered me a £500m transfer budget in my second season, when I clicked accept, “April Fool” popped up on the screen! Bamfords! I remember that , I even took a photo of it to show my mates . Bamfords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 11 hours ago, David said: Sounds like it’s getting worse, I miss the old days ? Agreed. i am playing the 2012 one. Have newer ones, but don't like how they are set up. Some games don't get better with newer versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 29 minutes ago, ramit said: Agreed. i am playing the 2012 one. Have newer ones, but don't like how they are set up. Some games don't get better with newer versions. Im back on 2014. Never done more than 2/3 seasons on any year since! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Nowt like the good old days, had football manager of some description on the acorn electron. After trying to play it properly and getting nowhere I would take over some 4th division team, break into the program and fill my bank with millions. Fun times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 10:16, David said: Sounds like it’s getting worse, I miss the old days ? Need to download CM0102, sounds more up your alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 23 minutes ago, Meestah said: Need to download CM0102, sounds more up your alley. Best manager game ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubix001 Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 Update: After 11 games I'm sitting pretty 1 point clear at the top of the table. Why is Phil finding this so hard in real life? We're playing a 4-3-3 Gegenpress occasionally rotating to a 4-2-3-1. It's high intensity, Rooney is knackered but rotation is key. Bielik just back from injury and bossing it at CB alongside Matt Clarke. We're scoring loads but we were conceding a few too until Bielik came back. It's like watching Derby under McClaren all over again. I have the same players as the real life team, however I got Balogun in on loan from Arsenal with no wage contribution thanks to a new affiliate partnership and managed to convince Daniel Sturridge to come in on a free. He's on a 2 year contract on £21k a week. Top scorers: Balogun and CKR both on 3. To quote Jay from the Inbetweeners on the subject of Football Manager, "that kind of stuff doesn't go unnoticed" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubbs Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Rubix001 said: Daniel Sturridge to come in on a free. He's on a 2 year contract on £21k a week. How did you manage that? I literally had no budget in either transfer fees or wages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK-Ram Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Going to try and avoid this year's edition. Imagine the drastically reduced budgets, combined with our overall poorness, will take away from the fun. I'll just keep playing last years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubix001 Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Jubbs said: How did you manage that? I literally had no budget in either transfer fees or wages! A couple of loans out seemed to bring in a little, getting a senior affiliate gave a bit more than 100k and it somehow allowed me to go over the wage budget. He also agreed to sign with no sign on bonus or agent bonus. This was the day after the window closed and I guess he was desperate. We’re losing money hand over fist though! Still hasn’t scored yet and is now on the bench behind CKR so it might not be the smartest decision... knew I should’ve gone for Wilshere who only wanted 8k a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubix001 Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 Further update: Finished 3rd on 90pts after a tricky second half of the season, the AI seemed to know what to do against my tactics so I had to switch up a bit to a 4-1-2-1-2. Forest finished a couple of points behind in 4th. Got through to Playoff final vs Forest (obviously), thrashed them 4-0. We're promoted, boys! Mel has given me 38m to spend over the summer and a wage budget of ~580k pw. I don't know why I'm sharing this here, I was just quite excited last night. UTR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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