prowl Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) I played the earlier games a lot, I mean a LOT. One year I was desperate for a winger who was really quick and couldn't get one for a price I could afford. There was a keeper with a good rating for speed or whatever they called it at the time. He was lightning and stormed it. Best player I had. I decided the challenge now was to build a side where every player was a keeper and see how far I could take them. We won the Champions League. Great fun but nothing like real like. They stopped that bit of fun a couple of years later. Yes I was that addicted. I went cold turkey in 2013 and didn't play again until lockdown last winter. Epic offered FM 20 free so I couldn't resist. It was like meeting an old friend, it had changed a lot but was still the same, it sucked me in very quickly. I sort of know how drug addicts must feel, they want one more fix, I want one more match. Edited September 16, 2021 by prowl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson Thome Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Niclas Alexandersson D/M/F RLC was a must have in any squad. Although in real life he was just a decent right-sided midfielder. Don't remember him ever tearing it up at centre-back or up front. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincowl Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 I recall Mason and Kevin Nicholson was at the Lilleshall school of excellence with Haslam. Who the hell is “S Pass” though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jondee Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 5 hours ago, elyowl1 said: Loved that game, Guy Branston, Graham Lee and Darren Purse as my 3 first choice centre backs in 532 formation, with Richie Wellens and Dean Keates in the middle and a guy called James Flood from Stockport County upfront, world beaters the lot of them. Sadly was rather dissapointed with tje first 3 when the finally did turn up at Hillsborough Thought Graham Lee was pretty solid for us but agree about Purse and Branston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyCraig Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 It was gobblebar. Somewhere on back of the Kop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 This was around the time I was playing Ultimate Soccer Manager instead of CM, as my neighbour gave me free copies of each one. I used to love the added extras in that series, such as managing the catering outlets and club shop, but the best was offering bungs and taking the risk that you might be exposed and sacked from your job. Crazy to think they put that in a game! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 17 hours ago, beswetherick said: Tommy Svindal Larsen, what a player Ha exactly this. Also sometimes Thomas graveson was available for about £95k and would always turn into an awesome player. And there was a Brazilian midfielder I think called Da Souza who was playing for a “minor team”. £50k and turned into the worlds best midfielder Loved that game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I used to achieve some ridiculous things on the 97/98 game. My greatest moment was taking Carlisle Utd from the old division 2, to premier league and champions league glory. Remember I signed that Chilean striker Seb Rozenthal from Rangers and he scored bucket loads. Also similar with Dundee Utd and ended up with Brazilian Ronaldo and Michael Owen as the strikers. Crazy times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prendo's boots Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Brucie Grobb did play a few games... I remember we got thrashed at West Ham and Blackburn away in the same week... The song in the pub afterwards that said it all was.... Brucie Grobb in the net Stevie Nicol in defence Nigel Clough scores a goal David Pleats on the dole Na Na Na Na Na Naaaa etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkskaphil Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I had the '93 version on the PC. Had a bug in it where you could set Julian Watts's value at the maximum allowable and someone would usually come in for him. Then you had enough funds to start buying international superstars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Prendo's boots said: Brucie Grobb did play a few games... I remember we got thrashed at West Ham and Blackburn away in the same week... The song in the pub afterwards that said it all was.... Brucie Grobb in the net Stevie Nicol in defence Nigel Clough scores a goal David Pleats on the dole Na Na Na Na Na Naaaa etc I don't think he played any games for us. Might have been on the bench maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Remember dancing round my bedroom as Andy Hinchcliffe scored the winning penalty in a shootout in the UEFA Cup Final. I'd have been about 26 at the time... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelerian Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 18 hours ago, mcmigo said: Bruce was on the bench in the game at home to Derby, where I believe Nigel Clough also played for us. we lost 5-2, Paolo Wanchope absolutely tore us to pieces. Blondeau eventually gave up trying to tackle him, and just got himself a red card, he looked pleased to walk off the pitch. Wanchope looked the worlds best striker that night. The only game I have ever left early. Left after about 57 minutes. It was a Wednesday night. I arrived in Roxy for the £1/pint Student Night before the final whistle went. I had my Owls shirt on, and a Derby fan came up to me to ask what the final score was. My reply was, "I dunno mate, they are still playing". Blondeau. What a nightmare he really was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwellOwl Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 If anyone has Twitter, some great accounts who play CM 01/02 still and doing challenges in the game. Loved CM and Football Manager, last 4 years or so, the game doesn't have the same fun element anymore. I signed a player called Ngo Baheng who transformed my Shrewsbury Town team. Went on to score 25+ goals a season up to Championship level. In real life, he was bang average - that's the beauty of the game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlinexile Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 44 minutes ago, steelerian said: The only game I have ever left early. Left after about 57 minutes. It was a Wednesday night. I arrived in Roxy for the £1/pint Student Night before the final whistle went. I had my Owls shirt on, and a Derby fan came up to me to ask what the final score was. My reply was, "I dunno mate, they are still playing". Blondeau. What a nightmare he really was. I have seen some terrible fullbacks for Wednesday over the years. Barry-Murphy, Beswetherwick, and that's just the 'B's. But taking into account the reputation he came with, I reckon Patrick Blondeau has to be the worst .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adem Poric Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 If you didnt sign Dean Keates, Tonton Zola Moukoko and Kenedy Bakircioglu then you were doing it wrong. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIOwl Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I played that game to death, it was 97/98 but the version I had Alexandersson wasn't at Wednesday at the start, but he was always one of the players I signed, turns into an £8/9 million player (£14/16 million is Ronaldo prices). Lucic - DC Curtis - DC Emmers - MC Claudio - AM/RL Svindal Larsen - MLC Nevland - SC Alexandersson Some of the players that come to mind that are available at the start, will sign for almost anyone, and can win the Champions League. If you're a low league team, they'll have big club release clauses. But if you never play them, after about 4/5 months they'll sign new contracts without the release clause, then you start playing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlinexile Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Was this the year where this guy was an absolute superstar? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andri_Sigþórsson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gparrish Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 6 hours ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: This was around the time I was playing Ultimate Soccer Manager instead of CM, as my neighbour gave me free copies of each one. I used to love the added extras in that series, such as managing the catering outlets and club shop, but the best was offering bungs and taking the risk that you might be exposed and sacked from your job. Crazy to think they put that in a game! Is that the one where you could bribe the opposition, as well? If they accepted it they always won anyway. Then you'd get the newspaper saying an unnamed manager has been offering bribes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffield_dave Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Adem Poric said: If you didnt sign Dean Keates, Tonton Zola Moukoko and Kenedy Bakircioglu then you were doing it wrong. Taribo West on a free transfer, the greatest signing in the history of the sport. Think that may have been a later version though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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