Football Manager 2011

[MadchesterCity]

Just pointing out that you're a bit heavy in the striker department :)

Yeah I like to have a pool of top strikers ;)

I give the kids loads of friendlies against the reserves so they all get a fair bit of game time. The best kids also get some game time in the first team.

I think signing quality youngsters it is a good way to get more home grown players trained at the club

normally stick to same formation 4-1-2-1-2 Narrow Attacking Diamond with very high defensive line, closing down always and short passing

-- advice as requested on PM -- sharing for other players new to the game

Sure, no worries, here are some tips, I hope you dont mind if I share with the rest of the forum also

You just paste the file into save game folder: My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2011\games

I would also recommend improving the game by downloading the graphic packs from <a class="postlink" href="http://www.sortitoutsi.net/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">www.sortitoutsi.net/</a>
As a minimum I would download the facepacks and the club badges

What you could do is look at my save Game for an idea on good coaches, scouts and physios.
Take a look at some of the youth players that you fancy and take a note of them and then incorporate them in your new game.

I would reccomend getting JPP20 JPA20 scouts and looking for young players
I often run a filter of players that have contract status youth as they can be signed on a pre contract for freeish
This often means that they will become homegrown trained which is handy for later in the game.

For coaches it is important to also consider the following attributes Motivating, Determination and Discipline as well as the subject area of training (Attack, defense, Technical) etc

If you are negotiating with the board and they decline your request it is often
a good idea to state "It well help us get ahead of rivals" to twist there arm.

Always look at improving youth facilities, scouting and incraese stadium size as soon as the opportunity arises with the board.

It is also possible to use the data editor to tweak individual elelements of the game.

No point changing anything with City but I sometimes make Aberdeen my feeder club and set them up with a sugar Daddy ;)

The editor is available under the steam folder in windows explorer

steam\steamapps\common\football manager 2011\tools\editor

 

[ell]

Just won the league in 2018, then had a mare with England at the world cup.

1-1 With Uruguay 3-1 defeat to Italy and then a 1-0 defeat to Saudi Arabia.

Came runners up in the 2016 Euro championships so hopefully I get to keep my job because of that! F**king Rooney was sh1te


EDIT: Got sacked but got offered the Spain and Belgium job. Tough decision because Belgium would of been a nice challenge but went for Spain

 

[p.taker]

Perhaps this has been brought up before, but can someone explain why in the heck Vinnie has a natural fitness rating of '6'? He hasn't struggled with injuries that much has he?

 

[bluealf]

VK had an injury interupted youth career, indeed it scuppered a move to them red cunts, so that was lucky for him.

But in FM it seems to have stuck, I have never had a bad injury with him but he seems to pick up a few niggly little ones to keep him out of the odd game.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Had to start again due to a corrupt file

My best City team Jan 2011

GK-Hart
RB-Zab
LB-Coentrão
CB-Kompany
CB-K. Toure
CM-Y.Toure
CM-De Jong
AMR-Tevez
AML-Silva
AMC-Aguero
CF-Dzeko

Currently 1st in the Prem 12 points clear of the Rags
Dzeko has scored 21 in 17 games
Aguero has scored 16 in 15 games!
Tevez makes a great winger, only 8 goals but 15 assists in 18 games

 

[MadchesterCity]

Asamoah scores 6

 

[bluetonium]

Just picked up my second season with Crewe, feels like ages since I last played. Third in L1 now currently. Roy Keane is at Sheff Wed, pre-season favourites to win the league, and he started on about how we'd be luck to avoid relegation. Beat them at theirs 1-0 and gave that criminal some stick back. Shite player, even shiter manager, pure thug.

Made a fatal error though, signed a cracking young lad, u21 star from Czech Rep. and forgot to register him! Now got to wait 3 months to play him. Game asked me to confirm my squad couple do hours before the end of the transfer window, then his transfer went though just before midnight. Damn.

Also have a striker crisis, down to one half fit striker and to 16 year olds. One guy on long terms list with a knee issue, one out for two weeks after picking up an injury coming on as sub in last match, another out for 4 weeks too.

 

[markbmcfc]

Anyone else find it hard to find decent English players later on in the game?

Im in 2020, i've got 3 English players in my 25. Got 14 scouts always on the go, 2 or 3 of which doing England u18's, Reserves etc and England as a nation. When I set the game up I loaded all players from Brazil and they produce some amazing newgen's, but 15 of my 25 are Brazilian. I have to name a small squad with places in the 25 so that I can get through the registration.

There just doesnt seem to be any English kids coming through that could go into a top four team. I've done all the youth improvements etc.

 

[thepole]

Right, gone quite far in two saves now, and 5 games into the 5th season I've been sacked for no reason. In a Crawley save I'd taken to the championship and got off to a decent start, and in my Stade Rennais save I had just beaten United 5-1 over two legs in the CL and won my first three league games. Wages were under budget in both games and the board were happy with me. Don't want to start a new save to get 5 seasons in and get sacked again.

Anyone else had this problem?

 

[pee dubya]

Right, gone quite far in two saves now, and 5 games into the 5th season I've been sacked for no reason. In a Crawley save I'd taken to the championship and got off to a decent start, and in my Stade Rennais save I had just beaten United 5-1 over two legs in the CL and won my first three league games. Wages were under budget in both games and the board were happy with me. Don't want to start a new save to get 5 seasons in and get sacked again.

Anyone else had this problem?

Not had that problem myself, you must have a decent reputation by now though, just get a new club?

Anyone else find it hard to find decent English players later on in the game?

Im in 2020, i've got 3 English players in my 25. Got 14 scouts always on the go, 2 or 3 of which doing England u18's, Reserves etc and England as a nation. When I set the game up I loaded all players from Brazil and they produce some amazing newgen's, but 15 of my 25 are Brazilian. I have to name a small squad with places in the 25 so that I can get through the registration.

There just doesnt seem to be any English kids coming through that could go into a top four team. I've done all the youth improvements etc.

Yeah, in fact there's a general lack of decent regens at all in my game. Once i get to that stage in the game i like to try and build a team dominated by the nationality of the club i'm at, but it's not easy.