Despite the fact my greatest achievement in football has been winning the Second Division at the third time of asking, Scotland have just given me the manager's job

I'm at around February in my first season of my Stirling game, and Kostadinov finally signed on loan during the transfer window. He's done alright, scoring 4 in 8 so far.

Currently 4th in Division 1, scarily just six points off the top spot, currently held by, er, QOS. The bottom two are St Johnstone and Hamilton.

All the other divisions are pretty much panning out like their real life counterparts though.

I don't know if anyone else noticed this, or if they've fixed it for 2008, but in FM07, its quite amazing the number of times "We must get a result here, no excuses" works, when you're losing at half time. I would say about 2/3s of the time I use it, if not more, I win the game.

I wish there were more of these options at the start of the game. I use 'We can win this' practically every game.

The 'I expect a win' is a risk not worth taking, while the 'wish luck' one I only ever really use if I'm away to an SPL side in the cup. Similarly, I only ever use the 'for the fans' one if it's a big derby game.

There should be other ones like "Come on boys, kick the shit out of this team", or "The Braveheart Speech"

Have you won everything? What foreign leagues have you won in, how many languages have you got on your profile?

On one of the old CMs (2001 perhaps), I managed to rack up something like English, Russian, Spanish, Italian, French, Croatian, Turkish, and also I think, Japanese. How many have you got?

I should add that on my current FM game, Ive only got Korean and English, but Ill get that sorted.

Falkirk game is doing down the pan already! Still not won a game, defeats to Gretna, Celtic, Rangers (was 4-1 down brought it back to 4-3 then lost 5-3) and Dundee Utd. A draw to St.Mirren, I did however beat Stirling Albion in the cup.

Generally, I use "Expect a win" if I'm at home, and "We can win this" when I'm away.

This is going to be a tough season, if the first pre-season is anything to go by

I've started as Dumbarton in the 3rd. Second friendly against Whitburn was a resounding 8-0 spanking.

And Andy Geggen now holds the dubious honour of being the only player in any of my Champ Man/Footy Man games over the years to get a final match score of 1.

There must be something about friendlies against Scottish non league sides in FM2008.

I played Annan at home in a friendly with my reserve side, which was made up of mostly fringe players with a couple of youngsters. We lost 13-0. At home.

Anybody know where to get background pictures for La liga grounds that aren't all blurred and have all the grounds in the league?

The one i got from sortitoutsi is gash.

Gave up on my Havant inspired experiment - it was incredibly boring.



On FM07 I have him as a 31 year old in my mid-table SPL Clyde team, he was very consistent, and is still making quite alot of appearances. He is one of three players left in my first team squad who are not regens.

I guess he has gone down somewhat in the researchers estimations.

I was Scotland manager for roughly 5 months, in that time I played 6 games. 5 World Cup Qualifiers, and a friendly against Cameroon.

Beat Cameroon 3-0, lost to Croatia and Northern Ireland. Drew with Romania and Holland, and beat Luxembourg 5-0. Its a bollocks record, Scotland are 5th in a group of 7, that contains Luxembourg, Lichtenstein and Northern Ireland.

When I resigned though, the asked me to reconsider!

Just started a new season after not playing the game since the week after it came out. Went Falkirk and have enjoyed my best start to a season in my FM history.

I see he was still on the park at the end! I had a 1 once with Neil McGreggor of all people

Can anyone recomend any good wingers or defenders who are cheap and will come to Dunfermline

Robbie Foy isnt amazing, but is good for free and has got 7 assists for me so far.

I'm not too far into the future on my game, 2013 I think, and the Charity Shield was just contested between Wigan, and Sheffield United.

United won last season's FA Cup by beating Stoke in the final. It's a bit crazy.

I'm still playing 2007, so Dunfermline are still in the Premier.

I'm currently 7th, but a win in my next game can whip me up to 2nd. Only bad note was a 2-1 defeat at Motherwell in the League Cup, and a disappointing 3-2 defeat at home to Celtic.

I did thrash Falkirk 4-1 in the second game of the season at home, and beat them 2-1 away despite being down to 10 men for an hour.

I signed Adam Hammill and Alan O'Brien on loan, but the latter got injured early on and looks like being out for most of his loan deal.

I knocked back a £130,000 bid from Killie for Jim Hamilton What was I thinking?

In my Dumbarton game, the young Bulgarian boy at Hearts point blank refuses to come to me on loan.

After eleven games and a shaky start, I'm sitting in 2nd in the league. I started off by drawing my first game, then losing three in a row, but I've won six in a row before losing another one to take me to 19 points, behind Brechin. I'm already comfortably in the playoff zone (7 points separate me and the team in 5th) so hopefully I can sustain the momentum all season

really struggle with one, start in the 2nd with raith and always make the play off's but it trying to attract decent players that stings me and make the play offs twice and didnt getmy contract renewed.

boy that plays for plymouth good old Cherno Samba (if you've played champ before you'll know what i mean!) and ross campbell is a good loan signing from hibs.

any other players on frees people can suggest?

I got a 1 with Kevin Budinaukas with Coldstream in my brief game with restructured leagues. We lost 12-1 to Darlington or something.

I might be starting one soon.

Im in my 6th season now.. on a 3 year unbeaten run 2 years with bayern munich (winning the champions league twice) and now with spain leading them to the world cup.. spent the first three years with man city turning them in to a top 3 side.. now im in talks with celtic so heres hoping i can do both of the jobs.....

When out and got Corcoran from st mirren and mo camera both on freebies...they dont look to bad

I decided to dig out FM08 since I hadn't played it for a while, but I can't find it anywhere. Any ideas where it might be?

Where did you lose it?

I know where mine is if that helps?

Some more classic naming from my Under 19s, with the dyslexics nightmare Gary Gray.

Anyone have a Idea when the Update will be out?

Anyone know any decent tactics?

I'm near the end of 2013/14 in my UK Super League that I made. Have started off as St. Mirren and put us in the Blue Square Premier....ended up with consecutive promotions into League 1, where I failed in the playoff final.

The next season though I romped it, and gave myself 2 seasons to get into the Premiership...turns out I ran away with the Championship in record fashion in my first year.

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So I moved to the Premiership and the board have basically told me to start preparing for next season and improve the squad for my second assault on the Championship as I will no doubt go down....I was happy with this, as my main prerogative was to bump up my coffers to the tune of £29.5m TV cash! The most I spent was £1.5m on a young Crystal Palace lad for the future (my record transfer to date)

However, I seem to be having the dream debut season.....

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I don't quite know how I am pulling it off, but my team seem to play much like Keegan's Newcastle of the 90's. Many 3-2, 4-3 and even a 5-4 defeat in there, and only about 5 clean sheets all season.

My wage budget is pitiful, considering teams like Stoke and Charlton are offering players around £50-60k a week wages, and my top earner of £13k p/w wouldn't make the top 20 at 18 out of the other 19 clubs.

Look at the scotland game for the game against italy

I once got a young hungarian midfielder name Istan Kozma in my under 19's.

No joke.

Winning some games does help.

With Dunfermline i have won the league cup as well as the challenge cup. I am also top of the first and top of the reserve league, and in the semi's of the scottish cup..Some lucky games along the way

Went the green scum for a change and brought in some great young players.

Cesar Villaluz
Guilherme (forward)
Guilherme (left back)
Breno
Zeefuik

Also brought in gavin McCann, szamatoulski, hossam ghaly, sergei ignasevich.

Looking good at the top

I might be making and arse of myself here, but why is that in any way a surprise?

I don't get it either.

It probably makes sense to him.

I think he means istvan Kozma , and by that he will be talking about one of the best pars players ever.Who eventually went on to play for liverpool

I was beginning to think this entire forum had no idea about the history of Scottish football for a minute.

Does it not seem a bit of a coincidence that a hungarian youngster called Istvan Kozma should turn up in a Scottish u19 team

maybe his familys scottish or hes lived here for a certain number of years

I've gone for a bit of a drastic attempt to clear away my money troubles...

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14 friendlies, in one month, at about an average of 100k each

Andy Tod is my Assistant taking charge of the friendlies.

Out of all 14, he managed to wins, both against the Bucharest teams, Dinamo and Rapid.

Must've had a bad experience in Romania at some point.

I was thinking 'why is it a surprise that a Hungarian player, with a Hungarian name a little like a Hungarian ex - Dunfermline player has appeared in the game?'

Nobody know I take it.

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Decided to open up my old game and give it a go for a few hours.

My PC stalled at this point

Neil Mellor had just scored his second, and my second to make it 2-1 from 1-0 down. Fucking gutted so i am.

When is the patch out?

Into my third season.

Romped the First Division in my first with Dundee. Bought Paatelainen from ICT and got Lennon on loan from Rangers.

Second season started with an 8-0 gubbing at Celtic Park. But I steadied the ship, a 6-1 win at Love Street the turning point. I picked up Chris Riley from Spurs, a good RB and Yantormo from Gretna & Bryson from Killie, cost me £375k. Also Sam Hewson on loan from Man Utd. Also got Smith the keeper from Rangers after he raped me for wages.
I finally guided my team to 7th and we were playing some lovely stuff come the end of the season. Yet that b*****d McKinnon didn't renew my contract. They got Jeffries in. I had them in a great financial position with over £1.5 million in the bank and they let me go.

Gutted.

Spent 6 months without a club getting overlooked for every position I applied for until finally Halifax Town, 21st in the Blue Sq Premier. No money, almost out of business. I've started well tho' 10 points from 12 and hopefully I can make the playoffs.

I play a defensive, direct 4-1-3-2 with the centre midfielder set to AM and using him as a playmaker with two quick striker up top. Seems to work very well for me.

It wouldn't, but the fact is that - its exactly, the same name

but the dunfermline players name was istvan Kozma.