Finnegan Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 I hate "Encourage", because it makes sense and is a sensible thing to say yet it seems to be some magical, non-sensical curse that makes you self destruct. I'm not sure I understand SI's reasoning there. But I think the whole motivation / team talk element is about the weakest part of the game. Every year they come up with something like "New and improved interaction!" blah blah but every year that part of the game is completely overlooked, shame. To me it's far more important to be able to give my players a bit of the old Martin O'Neill at half time than to tell him every three weeks that he's being a lazy fuck in training or "ask him to suggest a coach" (come on, does that ever happen? And does ANYONE use that feature!?!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 I hate "Encourage", because it makes sense and is a sensible thing to say yet it seems to be some magical, non-sensical curse that makes you self destruct. I'm not sure I understand SI's reasoning there. But I think the whole motivation / team talk element is about the weakest part of the game. Every year they come up with something like "New and improved interaction!" blah blah but every year that part of the game is completely overlooked, shame. To me it's far more important to be able to give my players a bit of the old Martin O'Neill at half time than to tell him every three weeks that he's being a lazy fuck in training or "ask him to suggest a coach" (come on, does that ever happen? And does ANYONE use that feature!?!) Encourage only seems to work when you're behind by two against superior opposition in my experience, which I agree is utter nonsense. And I can only back you up on the motivation issue. They think they've bettered it by making players more susceptible to morale changes through other channels than games, but it's all a bit arbitrary and confusing. I've only very rarely used the feature you mention, mainly because I was curious. Utterly useless feature. Even more useless is the 'suggest future role' which I've never experienced players respond well to. They always say they're concentrating on playing and that's that. Not that I even see the benefit in suggesting a role Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 About 30 / 40% of the time I've used the "suggest future role" (only ever suggest ones they're already considering on their personal tab) they ask "I can get started right away if you like?" which brings up their staff attributes if you say yes. Quite a nice feature, although I've never had a player turn in to a good coach or scout, . I was well disappointed when Fab Carini turned into a useless coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksz Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 About 30 / 40% of the time I've used the "suggest future role" (only ever suggest ones they're already considering on their personal tab) they ask "I can get started right away if you like?" which brings up their staff attributes if you say yes. Quite a nice feature, although I've never had a player turn in to a good coach or scout, . I was well disappointed when Fab Carini turned into a useless coach. Your right it is a nice feature, on my current Leicester save i have Oakley and Lamey on my staff, Neilson wanted to become a coach too before he left for Ipswich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narborough_fox Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 Get Sir Emile as coach, just because the fans love him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 I tend to find 'for the fans' only works when playing at home in derbies, use 'we can win this' when away against a side that is 'beatable'. I give each player an individual "You have faith" team talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 I give each player an individual "You have faith" team talk. I used to do this a lot more than I do now, now I reserve it for youngsters. I've been a lot, lot more negative / demanding in this version than previous ones as I like the fact I can see when my players are looking complacent or disinterested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 Lost in the Coca Coca Cup final. Yuki missed a penalty. On the up side, I brought this 18 year old from West Brom for 14million. He's a machine. Finishing 18, heading 18, jumping 17, dribbling 15, first touch 17 etc. Played 5, scored 6. He's made up but he an instant hero. Greg Perry!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox You Forest Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 Lost in the Coca Coca Cup final. Yuki missed a penalty. On the up side, I brought this 18 year old from West Brom for 14million. He's a machine. Finishing 18, heading 18, jumping 17, dribbling 15, first touch 17 etc. Played 5, scored 6. He's made up but he an instant hero. Greg Perry!! What's his pace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 I love regens. I have a Brazilian called Pires playing for Tranmere with stats like that, he has 17 Pace and Acceleration as well, and 18 off the ball, team work and work rate - he's immense. I normally wouldn't play a forward with composure as low as his (9) because I create a lot of one on ones, but he's devastating. He's currently leading the Prem assists table with 16 while the chasing pack have about 9/8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 Lost in the Coca Coca Cup final. Yuki missed a penalty. What cup's this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 I give each player an individual "You have faith" team talk. I used to do this a lot more than I do now, now I reserve it for youngsters. I've been a lot, lot more negative / demanding in this version than previous ones as I like the fact I can see when my players are looking complacent or disinterested. Once again (it's getting a bit weird by now) the 'faith' option is also something I used a lot in previous versions. I think it was FM 08 or 09 when it was the safest thing to pick and you would often get positive responses. This version it is only effective in certain circumstances, and I feel like it's an option that depends heavily on the player personality. When it comes to youngsters, saying 'no pressure' is almost always a safe option especially for their first five senior games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 What cup's this? league cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozwin Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 so you should avoid the drop then? Pretty good performance for you then. Come at me bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 Come at me bro what? also don't say bro, you sound like a twat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydos Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 what? also don't say bro, you sound like a twat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozwin Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 what? also don't say bro, you sound like a twat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mee Posted 3 March 2011 Share Posted 3 March 2011 Some of your posts make me laugh for some unknown reason . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksz Posted 4 March 2011 Share Posted 4 March 2011 Cheers for the help shen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 4 March 2011 Share Posted 4 March 2011 You're welcome, I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 4 March 2011 Share Posted 4 March 2011 Babacar's just gone to waste his career at Shaktar on my Tranmere game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozwin Posted 4 March 2011 Share Posted 4 March 2011 How did you lot use Yakubu? I just finished my first season and considering he's probably the best player on my side he's been distinctly wank all year. 50k a week and he's been shite. Glad to send him back tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksz Posted 4 March 2011 Share Posted 4 March 2011 How did you lot use Yakubu? I just finished my first season and considering he's probably the best player on my side he's been distinctly wank all year. 50k a week and he's been shite. Glad to send him back tbh. Target Man, even bangs them in in the europa league for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 4 March 2011 Share Posted 4 March 2011 my strike force needs some work: Stuani has 4 this season (1 in CS, 3 in EL), Beckford 1 (Prem), Charbonnier 1 (Prem), Glen 0, Vassell 0 and Waghorn 0. midfield on the other hand is looking good: eriksen, nasri, rosicky, mcarthur, king, abe, vazquez - wingers are poor but i'm bringing in zhirkov to fix that. coming up to jan and thanks to the board i have 70m to spend: recommend me some strikers (and a right winger). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Smuts Posted 4 March 2011 Share Posted 4 March 2011 my strike force needs some work: Stuani has 4 this season (1 in CS, 3 in EL), Beckford 1 (Prem), Charbonnier 1 (Prem), Glen 0, Vassell 0 and Waghorn 0. midfield on the other hand is looking good: eriksen, nasri, rosicky, mcarthur, king, abe, vazquez - wingers are poor but i'm bringing in zhirkov to fix that. coming up to jan and thanks to the board i have 70m to spend: recommend me some strikers (and a right winger). With 70m to spend you have to buy Lukaku, Boubacar and Ben Khalifa. Also invest in Griezmann who is immense and i would suggest Badelj if you dint have Eriksen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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