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Football Manager 2017

Out 4 November, features video and Q&A tonight.



Also an offer of up to 20% off depending how many of the previous four versions you've bought. Ends tomorrow night.

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  • Daddy_Pig
    Daddy_Pig Posts: 496
    Too realistic for me. Started a career on fm16 with Chelmsford, moved to Bromley and took them up to league 2 from the conference South and had them at mid-table before I got the gig at Charlton. Mind you I had to take over with Charlton 22nd in league 2 when Duchatelet left. Got promoted the next season. Stopped playing after being rock bottom of league 1.

    Had a proper look at the financial information and it turns out I was paying a 38million pound loan back to a former owner. 220k a month. My wage budget for the season was 473k. That was joint lowest in the top 6tiers of English football. The other team was Telford. Still rangles with me.
  • Any big rating changes. I imagine Konsa and Phillips stats have been increased to have them around the first team level.


  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    HYPE.

    Just said my goodbyes to my ebbsfleet side I got to league one, since dr abdullah what's his name and Varney sold to the fans trust. Moved on to a struggling Leeds side in championship.

    It's a shame I never get to play it anymore now I've moved in with the missus :<
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376

    Any big rating changes. I imagine Konsa and Phillips stats have been increased to have them around the first team level.


    Both will start the game as part of the first team squad

    Phillips was rated by the Cheltenham researcher, can't remember how high he's been rated off the top of my head.

    Konsa's had a big boost though I haven't gone over the top.
  • iamdan
    iamdan Posts: 2,421
    Does anyone know if you can download a free version of seasons 15 or 16?
  • bellz2002
    bellz2002 Posts: 1,361
    Even Football Manager 2017 thinks we're doomed. On the video at 27:46 there's a few seconds of the league 1 table after 26 games. Charlton are 23rd with 22 points!
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    what spec do you need for fm17?
  • Scoham said:

    Any big rating changes. I imagine Konsa and Phillips stats have been increased to have them around the first team level.


    Both will start the game as part of the first team squad

    Phillips was rated by the Cheltenham researcher, can't remember how high he's been rated off the top of my head.

    Konsa's had a big boost though I haven't gone over the top.
    What kind of rating has Holmes got?
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,223
    @Scoham is it true that the game has different scenatios for Brexit and some seasons you will have to apply for work permits for European players etc? Or am I being wound up?
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  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376

    Scoham said:

    Any big rating changes. I imagine Konsa and Phillips stats have been increased to have them around the first team level.


    Both will start the game as part of the first team squad

    Phillips was rated by the Cheltenham researcher, can't remember how high he's been rated off the top of my head.

    Konsa's had a big boost though I haven't gone over the top.
    What kind of rating has Holmes got?
    Good League One player.
    CAFCsayer said:

    @Scoham is it true that the game has different scenatios for Brexit and some seasons you will have to apply for work permits for European players etc? Or am I being wound up?

    It's true http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/10/18/brexit-is-simulated-in-football-manager-2017-and-its-going-to-ma/

    what spec do you need for fm17?

    https://community.sigames.com/faq/football-manager-2017/83_getting-started/minimum-system-requirements-r172/
  • Started my game as Charlton... Expected to Win League One, With a transfer budget of £0 and a wage budget of -£30K, within 2 weeks had offers for both Konsa and Lookman, obviously turned them down which pissed both off them off to the point of requesting transfers. Holmes is massively underrated (rated as 3 star for League One), Crofts massively over rated (rated 4 Star), Magennis also underrated. Most of the U23's and U18's are either under or over rated. Hoping for a decent updates patch soon.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited October 2016

    HYPE.

    Just said my goodbyes to my ebbsfleet side I got to league one, since dr abdullah what's his name and Varney sold to the fans trust. Moved on to a struggling Leeds side in championship.

    It's a shame I never get to play it anymore now I've moved in with the missus :<</p>

    Welcome to the relationship-tied life of a gamer... It's rare and beautiful when you do get to game...

    Started my game as Charlton... Expected to Win League One, With a transfer budget of £0 and a wage budget of -£30K, within 2 weeks had offers for both Konsa and Lookman, obviously turned them down which pissed both off them off to the point of requesting transfers. Holmes is massively underrated (rated as 3 star for League One), Crofts massively over rated (rated 4 Star), Magennis also underrated. Most of the U23's and U18's are either under or over rated. Hoping for a decent updates patch soon.

    @Scoham used to be your man for that...

    Would this run it?

    This is my laptop:

    https://www.cnet.com/products/acer-5733z-4851/specs/

    I'm really not a pc/laptop gamer type (usually console)
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    New signings were all rated by the researcher of their previous club. It would be wrong to change them based on their first few games for us.

    Transfer and wage budget is based on the situation now after all the summer signings. We have a lot of players out on loan who we are most likely paying part of their wages, plus Ba, Tex and Johnson.

    The star ratings are only a guide and based on the assistant managers opinion (and therefore on their judging player ability rating).

    Holmes should still do very well in the game, he has good winger attributes. Considering he was in League Two last season and injured for a chunk of that he was never going be rated that much higher than he is currently. If he keeps on playing well he will deserve a boost for the next data update (which is usually after the January window closes).

    Crofts is looking like he's been rated too highly I agree, will see how he does over the next few months.

    Magennis is probably a bit too low but his main strengths are all rated highly, i.e. acceleration, pace, strength and work rate. His main position was down as MR/AMR, which I changed to striker. I'm guessing he may have been playing on the right wing in Scotland, which might explain some of his lower attributes.

    The full game will have slightly updated data including updates to the u18s based on the handbook which came out on Saturday (dates of births and strengths of the new u18s).

    As I mentioned above any major updates to first team players will have to wait until the January transfer update. By then they'd have played for us for half a season - it's still very early to say who our best players are.

    I'd best interested in any specifics around the u23s and u21s, I can look into it if you share examples. Some I just haven't seen much of, if at all, so the game generates many of heir attributes. Dijksteel for example wasn't even in the database this time last year and I haven't been able to see him play.
  • cafc_harry
    cafc_harry Posts: 3,360
    For the more tech savvy in here, don't know if this is the best thread for it but I'll have a go. Been overdue a new laptop for a long, long time. Not looking for anything major, usual word processor and browsing. Would be nice to be able to run FM and other fairly light demand games too, Counter Stike/Minecraft for example. How much do we reckon I'd be spending and any recommendations?
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376

    For the more tech savvy in here, don't know if this is the best thread for it but I'll have a go. Been overdue a new laptop for a long, long time. Not looking for anything major, usual word processor and browsing. Would be nice to be able to run FM and other fairly light demand games too, Counter Stike/Minecraft for example. How much do we reckon I'd be spending and any recommendations?

    There's a big thread on the SI forums that may be worth looking in or posting on:

    https://community.sigames.com/topic/254890-new-laptoppc-help-needed/?page=91
  • iamdan said:

    Does anyone know if you can download a free version of seasons 15 or 16?

    You'd need to find a torrent from somewhere (which is of course illegal) as the game is still being sold.

    The below link though is worth checking out as its a Group of people who continue to use Championship Manager 01/02 which is by far the best version ever created (My opinion) and continue to update it every season.

    http://www.champman0102.co.uk/
  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998

    For the more tech savvy in here, don't know if this is the best thread for it but I'll have a go. Been overdue a new laptop for a long, long time. Not looking for anything major, usual word processor and browsing. Would be nice to be able to run FM and other fairly light demand games too, Counter Stike/Minecraft for example. How much do we reckon I'd be spending and any recommendations?

    Most important for FM is CPU (for processing power) and RAM (for running as much simultaneously as possible). Graphics card also matters for the 3D match engine.

    Basically look for anything with at least 4GB of RAM and 2.6GHz to guarantee a decent experience. FM's performance also heavily depends on how much of the database you're trying to play with - the more leagues/players you want to load up for your game, the slower it will run.
  • Has anyone played the Beta yet? I'm tempted to start a game but I don't want to if there are bugs in the game at the moment.
  • SouthWest_Addicks
    SouthWest_Addicks Posts: 6,307
    edited October 2016

    Played briefly last night.The only two I noticed were,

    4 red cards in 4 matches and the league cup draw was formatted awfully, i.e The name of the away teams did not fit on the page.

    I won't start any proper saves until the proper release
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  • Cheers, it's very tempting to start one. I think last time I started a save on the a beta version both sides would be conceding about 3 in the game and it was just silly.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    I have, seems fine to me but haven't got too far in. Full release will have slightly updated data if that bothers you (for us that's minor things such as correct date of births for the new u18s).
  • mrbligh
    mrbligh Posts: 3,056

    iamdan said:

    Does anyone know if you can download a free version of seasons 15 or 16?

    You'd need to find a torrent from somewhere (which is of course illegal) as the game is still being sold.

    The below link though is worth checking out as its a Group of people who continue to use Championship Manager 01/02 which is by far the best version ever created (My opinion) and continue to update it every season.

    http://www.champman0102.co.uk/
    you have changed my life forever and for that i will be eternally grateful
  • iamdan said:

    Does anyone know if you can download a free version of seasons 15 or 16?

    You'd need to find a torrent from somewhere (which is of course illegal) as the game is still being sold.

    The below link though is worth checking out as its a Group of people who continue to use Championship Manager 01/02 which is by far the best version ever created (My opinion) and continue to update it every season.

    http://www.champman0102.co.uk/
    I still play 01/02 & use these updates. Still the best manager game ever
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168

    iamdan said:

    Does anyone know if you can download a free version of seasons 15 or 16?

    You'd need to find a torrent from somewhere (which is of course illegal) as the game is still being sold.

    The below link though is worth checking out as its a Group of people who continue to use Championship Manager 01/02 which is by far the best version ever created (My opinion) and continue to update it every season.

    http://www.champman0102.co.uk/
    I still play 01/02 & use these updates. Still the best manager game ever
    I am definitely downloading this! I recently started playing SWOS again too so with this I may never need to leave the house again.

    Ahhh, the sweet sweet embrace of nostalgia...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHJhu15f-hg
  • mrbligh said:

    iamdan said:

    Does anyone know if you can download a free version of seasons 15 or 16?

    You'd need to find a torrent from somewhere (which is of course illegal) as the game is still being sold.

    The below link though is worth checking out as its a Group of people who continue to use Championship Manager 01/02 which is by far the best version ever created (My opinion) and continue to update it every season.

    http://www.champman0102.co.uk/
    you have changed my life forever and for that i will be eternally grateful
    Mrs Bligh is probably now readying her shot gun to pay me a visit ;)
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    So who's worth signing for Charlton then? Looks like you have to offload a few players first... way over budget on wages.
  • mrbligh said:

    iamdan said:

    Does anyone know if you can download a free version of seasons 15 or 16?

    You'd need to find a torrent from somewhere (which is of course illegal) as the game is still being sold.

    The below link though is worth checking out as its a Group of people who continue to use Championship Manager 01/02 which is by far the best version ever created (My opinion) and continue to update it every season.

    http://www.champman0102.co.uk/
    you have changed my life forever and for that i will be eternally grateful
    Jesus, to think how many hours we spent playing CM!

    Oh to be teenagers again!
  • mrbligh
    mrbligh Posts: 3,056

    mrbligh said:

    iamdan said:

    Does anyone know if you can download a free version of seasons 15 or 16?

    You'd need to find a torrent from somewhere (which is of course illegal) as the game is still being sold.

    The below link though is worth checking out as its a Group of people who continue to use Championship Manager 01/02 which is by far the best version ever created (My opinion) and continue to update it every season.

    http://www.champman0102.co.uk/
    you have changed my life forever and for that i will be eternally grateful
    Jesus, to think how many hours we spent playing CM!

    Oh to be teenagers again!
    all we need is mission impossible on the n64 and we are back in catford age 13 living the dream!