Football Manager 2015

[yellowforever]

Anyone else got it? I've currently got a game going with us, three wins out of three so far!

Sold Ives for £125k to Nottingham Forest, which will rise to £250k when he makes an international appearance and 20 for the first team.

Also resigned Mr Mozika on a free transfer. Still looking at another full back as well.

[PlainmoorRoar]

Interesting!

I've also got a game going with us, decided to offer Ives a contract and he accepted, he's played every game so far!

I lost to Gateshead, weirdly 3-1 but have won the next 5 games in a row!

Haven't signed anyone else, Benyon has been scoring a few too!

Tried to get Berry but he went to Peterborough!

[GazTheGull]

Also kept Ives during first season. Benyon was banging the goals in along with Bowman, chappell and Cameron popping up with a few as well.

Went up via play-offs finishing second in the league first season, struggling to get any form going in league 2, currently 21st after 14 games

[NA Gull]

Hi
I do the stats and ratings for FM2015 so if you think anything is wrong, let me know as I can amend the ratings at the new year update.
I did noy rate Ives btw. The Northern Ireland researcher did his ratings and set his potential to be high as there are a number of scouts looking at him and he is highly thought of.
Enjoy the game

[cambgull]

How did you get into that NA Gull? I'd love to do that sort of work.

[NA Gull]

They approached me. I was a fairly regular poster on the Sports Interactive League 2 thread in their forums and when the old researcher quit about 2 years ago they emailed me about it.
Quite good fun if you love FM and statistics. You rate the players twice a year in the summer and before the January update. At the end of the season you do the stats for players, finances, injuries etc.
Quite time consuming for a few weeks a year.
I don't get paid but I get a free copy of the game.

[cambgull]

They approached me. I was a fairly regular poster on the Sports Interactive League 2 thread in their forums and when the old researcher quit about 2 years ago they emailed me about it.
Quite good fun if you love FM and statistics. You rate the players twice a year in the summer and before the January update. At the end of the season you do the stats for players, finances, injuries etc.
Quite time consuming for a few weeks a year.
I don't get paid but I get a free copy of the game.

That does sound quite interesting, I'm looking forward to reviewing your work when I get to unwrap FM15 on Christmas Day!

[RussianGull]

Playing it on android, good, slower than last years but good. Mostly agree with the player ratings.

[NA Gull]

Cambgull - what did you think of the ratings? I have to do the mid season update soon, so if you think anything is massively wrong then let me know.

[cambgull]

I'd like to give you a clear and concise update NA Gull, but I haven't had much chance to play as Torquay yet. I'm probably a bit late here so might be worth considering for next season.

A couple things I did notice:-

Bowman needs a boost. Compared with defenders, he's too slow compared to his speed against defenders in real life. It doesn't need a big increase but I think he sits at around 9 for pace and acceleration, and I'd probably up each by 1. His finishing, despite being average in stats, is awful when it comes to playing a game. No matter how I played him, he didn't score.

Richards turned out to be a much better prospect, so I'd give him a bit of a boost, certainly in terms of technique and tackling.

O'Achie is an absolute beast. He ended up not only ousting Bowman from the team, he royally launched him out. Despite his stats being average/poor, he somehow got me pretty much a goal a game. Needs a bit of a nerf on the goalscoring abilities, methinks!