I'm going to play at least a season, but it really is rotten. Doesn't help that I picked one of the worst teams, and that I'm bottom of the league (even though I keep playing teams from another league - WTF)

I'm going to start bringing in foreign players, this draft system is pish.

As I said, because they are all regens. Youngsters put into the game at the start of every season. These players are random, so the chances of you finding them are nil to be fair.

I resigned from Falkirk after 7 years in charge, as I was in a right slump and didn't think I could take them any further forward (like that media pish? )

I took the Brighton job, they'd just been promoted to the Championship. Had a great start - albeit in pre-season only, with 4-0,6-0,5-0,4-0,2-0 and 2-1 wins over teams in the same or higher leagues, and one lower league.

Signed Samuel, Tiago, Dodd and Barr from Falkirk in close season. About to get the league campaign underway. Bobby Zamora has scored 14 goals in pre season for me

My 2nd season at the Shire has gone tits up.

Was romping the league but have now only taken 3 points from 24, which included a run of 6 straight defeats and have dropped to 3rd.

Lost my entire midfield to injuries/suspension and since then it's been a massive struggle, after a 5-0 rodgering from Ayr I changed formation and still lost the next three games.

Had no money in the January window and only managed to get 1 loan signing and 1 free in to bolster the squad. My best right winger has played a total of 6 games all season as he's injury prone.

Just been done by Dundee Utd in the Challenge Cup Final

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Bit of a bugger letting in two goals in injury time

I think I was just going into the 96th minute as the equaliser went in.

I would be fucking raging if that happened, lost to my brother 4-3 after being 3-1 up at half time in a network game (I was Man U, he was Liverpool) Seen it coming but nothing I seemed to work

I tend to hide anything I can throw from my computer desk before I play Football manager

Dare i drink from the poison chalice? NAW!!! turned them doon

EDIT: Sven took charge of them

Finished my first season with Sunderland and missed out on the playoffs on the last day of the season. It was between me and West Brom for the last place, and while I was playing my last game away at Coventry, I had the 'live league table' showing. West Brom won 1-0 with an OG, I lost at Coventry 1-0, and that was that.

Made some good signings in the summer though, including Freddie Eastwood from Southend and Gareth Bale from Southampton.

What I need for this season is a decent tactic to play away from home. My home form was good enough to win the league, and it was my away form which cost me promotion.

Any ideas?

Ballcocks!

The Shire were taken over and despite turning the season round, getting back up to 2nd place, behind on goal difference and taking 11 points from 15 I was sacked by the new chairman.

To rub salt into it he then appointed Ray St***** as manager! Currently unemployed, will run it through to the end of the season and then if nae job start as someone else.

Myself and XaaronPrimus have taken on a Dunfermline challenge, and we were both taken over before the end of season one.

This is the first time any club I've managed has been taken over. I've seen it happen in the SPL before, mostly to Celtic and Hibs. Should be interesting. I just hope i don't get a grippit b'stard for a chairman.

Just announced a feeder club link with Chelsea. (I've put St. Mirren in the Conference North, and building them through the UK League I created).

I was expecting them to give me a couple of half decent 18 year olds on season-long loans.


But ohhhhhhh no! They are punting players of this calibre in my direction!!

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Yes folks, that's almost £10m worth of new strikers, gratuitously punted on loan to me for the season, and I'm being paid £135k for the privelege of it!

haha at least for thats only in a game, some of our teams actually have that record!!

jesus 5-0 from ayr even in a game im embarrassed for you!

beg to differ!
David Templeton is the best signing I ever made, Now in the SPL (after plummeting to divison 3 and clawing my way back)
he's the clubs leading league goalscorer and regurally is a danger, if you can spare a couple of grand right at the start, snap up temps!
great player!

Well, I've finished my first season. Finished 4th in my wee group thing, to get into the cup-style games. Lost 4-2 on aggregate to DC United. Took the lead in both legs, losing 2-1 twice.

It's been shite, and I looked for an escape, and noticed Hamilton were bottom of the First in Scotland, after 16 games, without a manager.

So I applied for the Hamilton jobs, and the fans weren't happy with me anyway! So I hit back saying the lacked patience. Then the board stepped in saying they weren't happy either, and they offered me "the opportunity to resign" or risk being sacked. I told them I wasn't going to resign.

Still waiting to hear back from Accies! I better get the job!

EDIT: Neil Watt got the Accies job!

I sold Robbie Arthur to Dumbarton in January, and gave Scott Leitch a new contract as assistant. He accepted it, and stopped playing, and I can't get him to turn back. This now leaves me with a squad of 20 for the title run in! I'm currently sitting 3rd with a game in hand, 2 points off the top. Eight games to go, and only 3 points seperate myself, Raith, Ross County and Alloa. On a beastly 14 game unbeaten run!

Doing pish in the leauge with Clyde, but had an increadable cup tie!

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After finishing 2nd in the First division, I managed to get Stranraer as a feeder club for Brechin, so I've shipped out a few of my young reserves there for a season, including Dorrans and Templeton.

Half way into my second season at Columbus, the fans and the board aren't happy. The team are so inconsistent its unbelievable. I had a sequence of results where I lost 4-3, won 5-0 and 4-1, then lost 3-0.

I think I'm going to walk away, to see if it helps me get a job in Scotland. I've applied for Raith, Stranraer and Hamilton and been turned down for all 3, and I declared an interest in the Berwick job and they just laughed!

Update: Got humped 4-1 by Chicago in my next game, and resigned. Glenn Hoddle took my job!

well your clearly cheating!
its obvious!

I know, I played my worst team possible.

One point clear with six games to go. 16 games unbeaten. I'm winning this league. Beezer.

I'm joining the American craze, as Colorado. Bloody hell, it's complicated

You know you're going to get confused when half you're squad page is taken up by the rules!

I found it really simple to understand the rules, but I simply thought they were stupid

What rules do they have in USA? How does the draft work?

YAS! Got a job! Queen's Park, bottom of the Third, offered me a contract almost exactly 10 months after I left The Crew. Now, to take them up the table and build for next season!

This is actually a ridiculous situation. I've joined with 5 games of the season to go. Bottom of the league, but only 10 points off the play-offs! I just won my first game 1-0 away to 2nd placed Berwick, so I could still go up!

Alex Rae got sacked from bottom Dundee, and took over at Gretna when Alexander got the sack. Think Ro will take the Dundee job!

I've only won twice this season, and I'm just at the end of January, so dunno how I'm still manager at Clyde!

Jambo bams just knocked my Ayr out of the fourth round of the cup 2-0 in a replay, after a 1-1 draw in the first game which was 1-0 through Robbo until the jambos got an injury time penalty.

Craig Brown got the Dundee job!

I also got sacked by DC United half way through my first season.

Neither of us quite managed to "crack America" then.

At least I walked out!

2nd promotion in 3 seasons with Shire, this time winning the 2nd I was also unbeaten from mid November onwards, a good 21+ games

The last ever game at Firs Park was against Stenny. Won 3-0, wrapped up the title, and they had 2 guys sent off.

I will be spending my First Division days in the New 5000+ seater Wylde Stadium!

I might attempt it tomorrow but if Dunc cant manage to crack it I doubt I will.

Walking the first division with Brechin at the second attempt, finished 2nd last season, miles behind Dundee Utd.

2006/07 - Win 2nd division
2007/08 - Win 1st division
2008/09 - 7th in SPL

2009/10 - Halfway through the season and not looking good for a top 6 finish. Will definitely need to spend the bulk of my £1.2M in January window.

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Suppose it's not too bad considering my team isn't that great...

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All the unhappy players want a move to a bigger club and I expect I'll have to sell them on during this window. Or my chairman will accept offers on my behalf AGAIN!

I'll get a fair amount for them anyway.

I've had McGowan on loan for 4 years straight, and his value has shot up to £4M !!!

I'll loan him again next season if I can, then he'll be out of contract when that ends and I'll offer him a contract.

Bloody hell!

Humped ICT 6-0 with McGoldrick scoring 4.
Then play St Johnstone and get beat 3-1.


Their 3rd goal...

(This is me just kicking off after their 2nd goal)
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Scotland then hits the ball first time from inside the centre circle, and because of my keepers position, gets the ball over him easily, the ball hits the underside of the bar and in.

Why was my keeper standing where he was?!?!?!?!?!

I started off a new game at Queens Park, it's going really well and i signed this boy named Mirnes Ibrahimovic from Dundee North End for 8k and he's fucking dynamite

Aye, my brother signed him in his FM game and he's going strong for his team. I'm about to embark on trying to crack the US, wish me luck

1 game left to play this season and Strachan comes out with this statement ...

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Talk about stating the bleeding obvious

Good luck! Which team are you?

BTW, that thing in your sig is immense! It's reminded me of a story in Peter Kay's autobiography. There's an armed robbery in a shop he works in and the guy shouts "You! Get down!" and PK says, "What, you mean dance?"

Starting a new game with Dungannon Swifts from Northern Ireland just now, hoping the set up is a bit more easy than the US

Im going to try the us also

New York, just cause they had the Red Bull things in their badge My first game I was beaten 6-3, the second I won 1-0! Here's a pic from the first game....



And cheers about the sig

HAHA! Maaaaajor bug in the feeder/parent clubs option. And I have exploited it to full effect!!

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5 new feeder clubs at once. Read 'em and weep ladies.

How the hell did you manage that?

I can only get one at a time

You are only supposed to get one at a time, but I found out online about a very nifty wee bug.

Spill the beans..........