Football Manager 2008

[,Darn]

Does anyone play these games? I've played them for about 5 years now. They just get more realistic each time.

And if you do intend to get it, or have the demo. Look at this pic.. http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f210/Leightley/11.jpg

I fooled SI reserchers into putting me on the game by putting myself as a Celtic scout in wiki. And hey it worked. Ross Leightley is also in on it.

[danny1541]

dont si have their own independent researcher for clubs though who go to the matches to find who everyone is..

[Naruto!]

lol. SI would be stupid to get their research off Wikipedia.
And to me it looks like a replica of 2007 with obviously updated transfers and a new skin.

[Jordie]

its out today
im getting it, quite good ive played it on a season long demo:)

[,Darn]

Yes its out today, officially, but it's been available to buy In stores for a couple of days. And considering I pre-ordered way back In August and STILL not receivied it, I'm a bit peed off.

And yes, theres two reserchers for Celtic for SI. If you don't believe me go onto SI's messageboard. Theres a topic about Celtic data issues, and myself and Ross Leightley are mentioned on it. Still made the official game though.

[.L!nK.]

played the demo like 2 weeks ago

my bro is gonna download is so then he can send it to me

[,Darn]

played the demo like 2 weeks ago

my bro is gonna download is so then he can send it to me
Theres not any point of having a pirate version of the game. SI has worked hard next year so that fake copys of the game will be absoloutely hammered up.

So far this has been found. http://footballmanagerportal.co.uk/blog/football-manager-football-manager-2008-is-unplayable-without-a-patch/

I'd imagine there to be loads more.

[.L!nK.]

Half of the crap on your computer isn't legit.

So.. don't even bother going on about paying for stuff when you can get an illegal version.

But I think my bro is paying I'm not sure.

All the other football managers/ champion manager( when it was called that) Iv not bought accept the really old ones

[,Darn]

Half of the crap on your computer isn't legit.

So.. don't even bother going on about paying for stuff when you can get an illegal version.

But I think my bro is paying I'm not sure.

All the other football managers/ champion manager( when it was called that) Iv not bought accept the really old ones
I don't care if you get an illegal version or not. I'm just telling you, you won't be able to have a decent game due to it.

And they've only did it with this one.

[Naruto!]

It's not worth the money for a PC game.

[pizzalegs]

i got it on wednesday

[skins]

Got it today! :D

[Jamie!]

Got it on Friday, even though it was out in some shops on the Thursday. I reckon it's alright, although there is still a few niggles with it.

I'm only 9 games into my first season, but already I've had a disallowed goal (Sometimes two..) in every game so far.. the same has happened for the opposition team too.

[Jordie]

Got it on Friday, even though it was out in some shops on the Thursday. I reckon it's alright, although there is still a few niggles with it.

I'm only 9 games into my first season, but already I've had a disallowed goal (Sometimes two..) in every game so far.. the same has happened for the opposition team too.

yeh its like that on the demo
dont know why there is alot of disslowed goals:S

[,Darn]

I'm not playing a proper game until the patch is out. There Is to many bugs on the game.

If they get all of those bugs out they way, then it CAN be molded into a great game, each and evey element they've included makes for the best FM (until next year probably.)

[Naruto!]

whats the problem with it? :(

[Throne Sofa]

I've just finished my first season with Leeds. (I know.)
It's been succsesful, but very challenging and it's been a big ride. Some matches were very dry, others very exciting and concedeing/scoring lots. We lacked a high scoring goalscorer, however a couple strikers and midfielders did well. The defence was rather poor, and something i'm going to work on over the summer.

Final Table (http://i20.tinypic.com/biw0ea.jpg) - Fairly pleased. It went down to the last day, and I struggled to get into the play offs, however I made it.
Play Off Final (http://i23.tinypic.com/316n56s.jpg) - What a great game. Could of went either way, however we came out looking very confident plus we scored within the first 45 seconds. A great effort and that's probably our best game all season.
Transfers In/Out (http://i24.tinypic.com/2r70rvp.jpg) - Fairly pleased with the transfers. Would reccomend Stancu to any club, he's a very good youngster and cheap. At the end of the first season he was valued 1.2 Million.
The Squad (http://i22.tinypic.com/2cratz4.jpg) - Here's the squad. Weak defence however my LB was good all season.
Expections (http://i20.tinypic.com/2nullbr.jpg) - I did poor in the JPT Cup only reaching the first round and the league cup only first round again. However I got to the fourth round in the FA Cup before being knocked out by Stoke away 2-1.

Overall a good first season for Leeds. However the championship will be a big step up. We struggled some times in this league, so I think next season it will be a big fight for survival. I do have a great reserve and u18 squad, and hopefully a couple players can come through - i've got some very promising strikers. Swasnea's striker Jason Scotland netted 44 goals alltogether, just thought i'd mention that which is obviously a great tally. So would reccomend him for those with a great budget in either the championship or league one.
I do like FM08 on the whole, however I dislike the new match engine, much prefer the last one.

[Naruto!]

whats the problem with it? :(
Disallowed goals have cost me 3 wins. :(
Now I'm heading for relegation.

[Jordie]

hopefully getting it today from asda as its cheapest
£22.97 in there:)

[Jamie!]

Swasnea's striker Jason Scotland netted 44 goals alltogether, just thought i'd mention that which is obviously a great tally. So would reccomend him for those with a great budget in either the championship or league one.

So true.. I'm only on Jan 5th in the first season, and he has bagged himself 27 goals in all competitions so far. He has even spent 2weeks out injured and regaining match fitness, and is still top scorer. Daryl Duffy is also chipping in with 16 goals scored in all competitions. I only drafted in two players pre-season, Jody Morris on a free (He is fairly good for L1/L2 teams), and Adam Chambers from Orient (He is quality, his average match rating is 7.6 which is good over 20odd games, although he did cost me £170k).

Anyways, I'm sitting top of L1 at the minute, 7pts clear of Sarfend. Just been humped 5-0 by Man Utd in the FA Cup 3rd round, mind. In the southern-section semi-finals of the JPT though, so it's not all bad. I did get knocked out in the 3rd round of the League Cup by Villa, though. I've got £981k left of the transfer budget, with £18.1k left of the wage budget.. anyone fancy reccomended some players?

[Jordie]

i got to get it today now as shop was sold out
and get fraizer campbell from man utd i had him for luton on the demo and hes awesome:)

[Jamie!]

I ended up only bringing in 1 player during the January transfer window, Stephen Hindmarch from Carlisle. If he is like he was on FM07, he should be a right steal at £30k. On FM07, he went on to be valued at £7.5million!

Anyways, here's a screenshot of how I'm doing so far;
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2775/fm801bl0.png (http://imageshack.us)

[Jordie]

you're doing good
ive only played twice
drew 3-3 with southend after being 3-0 up and lost 2-0 to carlisle:P

[Throne Sofa]

I'm fourth season with Leeds, in premiership. Doing well. :)

[Throne Sofa]

http://i21.tinypic.com/2aklmwh.jpg
Quick pick of my squad, second season now in the prem!