Football Manager 2004 - Inter season 04/05

[Zek]

Believe it or not but a friend of mine gave me a copy of the Football Manager 2004 game, which is the continuation of Championship Manager. it works slow on my laptop by nevertheless tried it first time past weekend of course selecting Inter and signing up under my real name, age, citizenship...

just 6 mln euros were given for transfer, fans were unhappy at my appointment... that's quite a game and as in real 04-05 season I ended up quite far from Milan and Juventus and was a best team of the second part of the season. luckily they did not sack me! and yes my game considerably improved after signing up Cesar from Deportive and Marek Yankulovski as LB. They saved my ass.

Adriano is just great in this game he scored a bunch of goals and won best player on planet award! (see screenshot).

just curious if anyone plays this game and what you think of it? to me it's great but too detailed, you don't relax playing it you just get even more tired...

[devious]

you still keeping Vieri in the game! :( loser! :mad:

[GiorgioII]

Yea I have this game. I got a new PC so have only just re-installed it, but it is great. I am not doing as well as usual though and Cordoba, Materazzi, Kily and Recoba are all unhappy and have lost faith in their manager's ability :cry: . My squad is pretty awesome though, I can easily turn things around :smoking: . For some reason though I keep on losing away from home....in fact I am yet to win away from home :worried: .

Squad

Carini
Toldo

JZ
Ze Maria
Favalli
Dede
Chivu
Burdisso
Cordoba
Materazzi

Kily
Solari
Cambiasso
CZ
Veron
Pizarro
Stankovic
Recoba
Karagounis

Gilardino
Martins
Adriano
Cruz

I like to make it realistic by signing players that we are linked to :cool: . I couldn't get Samuel though.

[Ryan27]

just curious if anyone plays this game and what you think of it? to me it's great but too detailed, you don't relax playing it you just get even more tired...
Yes, I definitely play it. You find the game stressful? Well, if you play it enough, (and trust me, I've played the game way tooooooo much) you sort of go on autopilot and can do things without thinking about them too much. All the decisions become routine. You can be watching television or talking on the phone or even studying or whatever and play at the same time without too much difficulty. The game is wonderful for procastination.

Personally, I think they make the game too easy and I don't play much anymore. Do you guys start off at Inter? I find its a lot more rewarding to begin in Serie C2 and work my way up and earn the job at Inter...you guys should try that.

[TheU]

Yea I have this game. I got a new PC so have only just re-installed it, but it is great. I am not doing as well as usual though and Cordoba, Materazzi, Kily and Recoba are all unhappy and have lost faith in their manager's ability :cry: . My squad is pretty awesome though, I can easily turn things around :smoking: . For some reason though I keep on losing away from home....in fact I am yet to win away from home :worried: .

Squad

Carini
Toldo

JZ
Ze Maria
Favalli
Dede
Chivu
Burdisso
Cordoba
Materazzi

Kily
Solari
Cambiasso
CZ
Veron
Pizarro
Stankovic
Recoba
Karagounis

Gilardino
Martins
Adriano
Cruz

I like to make it realistic by signing players that we are linked to :cool: . I couldn't get Samuel though.

Having fun with that editor?

[Zek]

yep, my squad was all unhappy about 15 players lost confidence and then somehow my board game me 30mln euros and I sold Stankovic for 40mln euros to Chealsea. this allowed huge reorganization my first team is
Toldo
Javier Z
Cesar
Bonera
Ashley Cole

Jankulovski
Veron
Van Bommel
Kily

Luque
Adriano

backups: Recoba, Davids, Burdisso, Cordoba, Emre, Vieri, Martins, VDM


Luque is pretty good! I am amazed with his scoring! Now I am leading Seria A but still under pressure manager...



Nope Ryan I did not try C1... I mean you need spend 4-5 seasons there hoping that a team like Inter will resign their manager...

[Mirko Mandic]

Having fun with that editor?
lol EDITOR lol......
ummm i have FM2005 is there a 2004 one ???

[Mirko Mandic]

Believe it or not but a friend of mine gave me a copy of the Football Manager 2004 game, which is the continuation of Championship Manager. it works slow on my laptop by nevertheless tried it first time past weekend of course selecting Inter and signing up under my real name, age, citizenship...

just 6 mln euros were given for transfer, fans were unhappy at my appointment... that's quite a game and as in real 04-05 season I ended up quite far from Milan and Juventus and was a best team of the second part of the season. luckily they did not sack me! and yes my game considerably improved after signing up Cesar from Deportive and Marek Yankulovski as LB. They saved my ass.

Adriano is just great in this game he scored a bunch of goals and won best player on planet award! (see screenshot).

just curious if anyone plays this game and what you think of it? to me it's great but too detailed, you don't relax playing it you just get even more tired...
well i love the Game i wanted a challange so i started at Wigan in Eng. championship i won promotion via play-off (i came 6th in last play-off spot :eek:!) now im 4th in premiership.

i have some big signings - Cavenaghi(14m pounds), bojinov(13m), O'Shea (5m) Mascherano(6m) and Downing (11M) (the high money is because Wigan is Rich but dont let you spend untill you get to premiership)

[TheU]

Yes it comes with the game but if your computer is slow, good luck.

[Mirko Mandic]

Yes it comes with the game but if your computer is slow, good luck.
i now i got it i always play around with it ..... joaquin --> Liverpool 3m pounds LOL
or just update transfers like Moro ==> Liverpool 6m

[JoeJAMMY]

i luv this game .. i took Fiorentina to 5th then 1st then champions league .. Miccoli is awesoem

grab Pazzani from fiorentina
Cerci from Roma

[Ryan27]

i luv this game .. i took Fiorentina to 5th then 1st then champions league .. Miccoli is awesoem
Which is just my point...its too easy! My last season went so well that I'm embarrassed about it (I'll give you just a hint of what I mean: I had a +145 goal differential in La Liga with one game still to go). I guess the only way to play is probably to find people to play online with. I'm going to give that a try myself through the forums a SI.

[Zek]

lol EDITOR lol......
ummm i have FM2005 is there a 2004 one ???

sorry that is my mistake it's 2005
i am lame in FM...

[Zek]

Which is just my point...its too easy! My last season went so well that I'm embarrassed about it (I'll give you just a hint of what I mean: I had a +145 goal differential in La Liga with one game still to go). I guess the only way to play is probably to find people to play online with. I'm going to give that a try myself through the forums a SI.

that should be awesome! but it will take days to play through cable...

[GiorgioII]

Having fun with that editor?

Hehe, I didn't do that. I actually took over at all of the clubs and sold them for a reasonable price to Inter. I just wanted to make it realistic with some players that could be with us next season. Is there such a great crime in that? :( :silly:

[devious]

Can I buy the 2005 game on PS2?

[GiorgioII]

Can I buy the 2005 game on PS2?

Non :) .

[devious]

:mad2: :(

[chu_chu]

:mad2: :(

hey you forgot sth... PES master league is the closest thing to CM that everyone can get on PS2 ^^

[devious]

I know, Ive got it long time ago, and win everything in it, I just need something new..
I heared that Winning11 9 have released this summer! is that true?

[TheU]

Which is just my point...its too easy! My last season went so well that I'm embarrassed about it (I'll give you just a hint of what I mean: I had a +145 goal differential in La Liga with one game still to go). I guess the only way to play is probably to find people to play online with. I'm going to give that a try myself through the forums a SI.

That's really impressive. How'd you get there?

[chu_chu]

I know, Ive got it long time ago, and win everything in it, I just need something new..
I heared that Winning11 9 have released this summer! is that true?

that's true... in august... i think... if you are impatient like me... go and get japanese release... don't need to understand japanese imho.. coz most of the menu parts are already translated... and it is just hard to play with japanese comentator... but hey... english comentator are even worst.. i forgot their names ;)

international version of it usually come 3 months after the release... with a lot of bugs fixed... 3-4 times better than the original... like the we 8 they added some features like you could see player had bandage if you treated their injury or sth like that...

[Ryan27]

That's really impressive. How'd you get there?
I'll assume you mean my goal differential? Hmm, well thats from the long term game I played for several months before finally getting tired of it recently. I started in Serie C2 with Belluno and was hired by a few other Italian teams before taking over at Real Madrid. I had lots of offensive firepower and a formation that utilized it well and the team routinely ran up the score a lot. Basically it just got really boring after a while so I stopped playing.

Here's the screenshot in case you're skeptical ;) :
La Liga Standings (http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b295/ryan27/2013LaLigacropped.jpg)
Sorry if its small and hard to see.

[Ryan27]

I know, Ive got it long time ago, and win everything in it, I just need something new..
I heared that Winning11 9 have released this summer! is that true?
Oh man, Winning Eleven (pro evolution) is freaking awesome. I don't have a ps2 though, but I play it on my friend's whenever I get a chance.

[TheU]

I'll assume you mean my goal differential? Hmm, well thats from the long term game I played for several months before finally getting tired of it recently. I started in Serie C2 with Belluno and was hired by a few other Italian teams before taking over at Real Madrid. I had lots of offensive firepower and a formation that utilized it well and the team routinely ran up the score a lot. Basically it just got really boring after a while so I stopped playing.

Here's the screenshot in case you're skeptical ;) :
La Liga Standings (http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b295/ryan27/2013LaLigacropped.jpg)
Sorry if its small and hard to see.

I wasn't skeptical at all, hell I was kinda hoping you'd let us know what the formation is. I'm still looking for something to get me into to the new format of the game since I was a very big fan of the old one. (CM3)

[Ryan27]

I wasn't skeptical at all, hell I was kinda hoping you'd let us know what the formation is. I'm still looking for something to get me into to the new format of the game since I was a very big fan of the old one. (CM3)
Always happy to share with fellow Inter fans:

FW______FW
AMC
LM_______________________RM
DMC______DMC
<----DC______DC______DC---->
GK

Honestly, I was always a 4-4-2 guy until Zac took over at Inter, then I experimented with 3 man defenses, until I eventually got to this formation. Anyway, for this formation (I guess its a 3-5-2 or a 3-2-3-2 or a 3-2-2-1-2), its important to have mobile defenders and forwards with decent speed. Have the DMC's closing down constantly (thus they'll need good determination and work rate amongst other things). Turn on counterattack, since with the midfield already sitting further back, you're already set up to lure opposing teams in. Don't be afraid to push the defenders up just a tad too...better than having them sit back and get picked apart as there will be more spaces between the three of them than there would be with four. And obviously its designed to take advantage of a good playmaker as well. As for all the other options (mentality, tempo, etc.), it really depends on the individual players you have.

[devious]

Oh man, Winning Eleven (pro evolution) is freaking awesome. I don't have a ps2 though, but I play it on my friend's whenever I get a chance.
Oh yes indeed.. it`s a wonderful game, you didnt see the ML in this game!! it just have everything. :thumbsup:
here is my team after 3 years in the ML (Toldo, Cech, Frey, Cordoba, Samuel, Alex, Kompany, Sorin, Jankluvisky, JZ, Mendy, CZ, Cambiasso, Kara, Olembe, Stanko, Van Der Vaart, Totti, Van Der Myed, Recoba, Adriano, Oba, Farfan, Utaka, C. Delgado, Davids) players like Jank., Mendy, Utaka, Van der vaart and specialy Farfan is getting stronger and leanring so quikly every year.. Farfan`s stats after taking care for 2 years is becoming like Henry! he has a great future in Inter! :D

[Mirko Mandic]

Hehe, I didn't do that. I actually took over at all of the clubs and sold them for a reasonable price to Inter. I just wanted to make it realistic with some players that could be with us next season. Is there such a great crime in that? :( :silly:
i've done that lol and any players u dont need take over Chelski and make 20m bid for them LOL :D

[Zek]

finally I got there! I won Scudetto for Inter!!!

with 0 transfers (got Baptista in winter but he played like 4 games...) !

formation:

-------------GK--------

Def-----Def------Def------Def


------------DMC-------------

--R/MC------AMC-----L/MC------


---------2 strikers-----------


width less than normal, quick game, normal mentality.
Emre was amazing!

[Ryan27]

Congrats :thumb: