Maybe you should change your penalty taker?

Has been fixed in 1 of the 2 patches that have been released.

The second patch downloaded on mine today, but when I tried to start a new season, only one patch appeared on the list of patches. Is the other one just a gameplay patch that works regardless of database?

The version number just increments so you should be on version 11.1.1 now.

If it's the same as older FMs, there should be a version number somewhere on the menu screen which will tell you whether the patch has worked?

TBH i would probably wait till December when the second patch comes out before buying it.

There are some problems with the Transfer system and penalties atm. A lot of big named players are going cheap and other FM users are finding it hard to sell players. I've only had 2 players to sell as others were either out of contract or fit nicely into my reserve team. Jon mclaughlin went for a few thousand and a guy called Lavie went for 250k. But i've found it very easy to sign players without any competition. Dean Gerken (bristol city), Woods(chelsea), Isiah Osbourne (aston Villa), Shaleum Logan and Ben Mee (man city), Kyle Bartley and Harvard Nordvelt(Aresnal). All free signings as they were out of contract Plus they came on pretty cheap contracts 3-5k due to slinging some extra money at the agents

I'm Bradford in League 1 now and the game has got slightly harder imo. Instead of walking League 2 like normal it went down to the last day with a 3 club tussle between Bradford, Gillingham and Rotherham. I came out number one and really enjoyed it. I might try offering one of my top players to other clubs just to test if my transfer system is buggered.

If I download any of the patches, will they apply to my saved games or just new games?

Finally received my copy on Saturday, 8 days late. Haven't had much play on it yet due to one thing or another. Gonna have a go now...

How do I stop petty red cards? Gomis just got a red for flying through someone whilst the ball was trickling out for a goal kick. We were winning 2-0 as well.

Another thing; can you stop injuries or lessen the risk? I consistently have 6/7 players taking knocks during games, whilst I'm lucky if I don't come out with at least a player injured.

Really enjoying it so far, but I can't generate any funds at Lyon. I'm gagging for Ganso to play in midfield.

Signed so far:

Roderick Miranda - loan with agreed fee of £1m.

Radosav Petrovic - £5m eventually. Has been class so far, defensively and technically good.

Bassong - loan with agreed fee of £1m

Sime Vrsaljko - A few hundred K (can't remember figure). Good, young, versatile player, but I haven't played him yet as I can only have 4 non-EU.

Marco Verratti - £400k (classic)

Sebastien Corchia - £2m eventually

M'vila - £13m eventually (really dear, but had to force board to accept and he is a BEAST)


Got rid of Makoun and Revelliere, whilst I will get rid of Cris, Kallstrom and Vercoutre to get some old heads out. Got my eye on a few players (more players I've seen IRL than on FM), like Gotze and Shaqiri, but there are too many at the moment. Hopefully I can get far in Europe so I can get myself a good £10m-£20m net to spend, as the league will be a doddle. Just smoked Bordeaux 4-0 away with a Gour hat-trick.

Finally finished the first season with Liverpool, ended up 3rd 2 points off winning the league after beating Chelsea (1st) and Arsenal (2nd) in the final 2 games.

Started off as Barcelona, wanted a nice easy start while I find my feet.

Signed Lukaku and Galeano in the summer, with Pacheco on loan for the year. Fabio Coentrao is coming in January, as at 31 Abidal hasn't got long left and Adriano isn't good enough to play there week in week out.

Finished season 4 of my Bradford game in FM2010, losing in the Playoff final in extra time to Middlesborough.

A 6th place finish when I was expected to finish 20th is a decent season though, and I've got a £6m transfer budget to play with over the summer.

Question is, have I gone as far as I can with Bradford and do I need to think about moving on to a bigger club? Already knocked back the Southampton job (mid-table Championship side in my game).

I had similar thoughts when I lost my first 4 Championship games, but I ended the season winning the play-off final 5-2 against Preston. I've now got a 25m budget with a minimum expectation to avoid relegation. So far I've snapped up Mexican international Javier Orozco from Cruz Azul for £5m and I have an offer in for 30 yr old Darren Bent, amongst other possible signings. I've just turned down the Liverpool job as I'm pretty hopeful for this season.

Have you still got any players from the side you inherited at the start of the game?

Luke O'Brien's been with me from the start but he's the only one I've still got at the club after four seasons IIRC.

I'm in 2014 now and Luke O'Brien was the last to leave at the start of my Championship season in 2013. I sold him to Derby in part exchange for Steven Davies. He had become a pretty handy player though so I made sure I had a good replacement lined up.