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 CRISTIANO7There's only one Ronaldo.
Neolithic    total posts: 7392 since: Nov 2006 |
 Jan 05, 08 at 10:32am |
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Manchester United [Team Guide]  .:: Introduction ::. As most everyone here knows, I support Manchester United, and I've decided to make a team guide on them. I'll do my best to make it as helpful and informative as possible. Enjoy! .:: Club Information ::. .:: Basic History ::. quote Wikipedia .:: Basic Information ::. Nation: England Year Founded: 1878 Status: Professional Reputation: Worldwide Chairman Status: Loves the Club Fierce Rivals: Liverpool, Man City, Leeds Other Rivals: Arsenal, Chelsea, Bolton Finances: Okay Estimated Value: Stadium: Old Trafford, Manchester Stadium Capacity: 76212 all seater with under-soil heating Reserve Stadium: Victoria Stadium, Northwich Training Facilities: Top Training Facilities Youth Facilities: State of the Art Youth Facilities + Youth Academy Continental Competition: UEFA Champions League Media Prediction: 1st Squad Average Age: 26 Squad Personality: Very Determined Club Captain: Gary Neville Club Vice-Captain: Ryan Giggs .:: Kits ::.    .:: Transfer Budgets ::. Winner: Transfer Budget: £12.75M Wage Budget: £1.3M Title Challenge: Transfer Budget: £10M Wage Budget: £1.1M With the players available to you, I believe that you can win. I recommend you select winner. .:: Squad Guide ::. .:: Goalkeepers ::. Edwin van der Sar: Although at first glance his goalkeeping stats don't look that good, van der Sar is a superb goalkeeper; definitely worthy of a first team spot in the first season at least. Tomasz Kuszczak: Quite the opposite to van der Sar, Kuszczak's stats look excellent, but surprisingly, doesn't perform as well as the more experienced Dutchman. Ben Foster: A decent backup, but really nothing more, I wouldn't start Foster in many games. .:: Defenders ::. Gary Neville: Team captain and experienced full-back, Gary Neville should be able to hold onto a place in your team for at least a season or two unless you deem it necessary to purchase a new right back. Otherwise, start Neville on the right. Danny Simpson: Although I don't believe that he is good enough to start in the first season, Simpson quite obviously has potential and should become a very good player for you. He'll hopefully be ready to replace Neville either at the start of the second season or soon after. Wes Brown: Though others don't seem to rate him, I believe Brown to be a very handy player for your squad. An excellent defender, Brown's versatility increases his usefulness. I recommend that you hang onto him. John O'Shea: Another versatile defender, keep O'Shea in the squad, and you should be pretty much covered in defence. He can play anywhere across the back and performs strongly and consistently. Rio Ferdinand: Although Chelsea will come knocking on the door early in the game for Ferdinand, I suggest you reject all but the most ridiculous transfer bids. There are few more solid center backs then Rio Ferdinand as any experienced Football Manager played will see after a quick glance at his stats. Unless you get a bid in the region of £25M or more, don't let him go. Nemanja Vidić: Although perhaps slightly worse then on FM07, Nemanja Vidić remains in the top ten center backs in the game. His last ditch tackles and brilliant headers have saved me on many occasions. Gerard Piqué: Everyone knows this boy. There are few teams that Gerard Piqué would struggle to break into, but I don't think he should pay ahead of either Vidic or Ferdinand. Mikaël Silvestre: Upon looking at his stats for the first time, my immediate reaction was that Silvestre was better then Evra. I don't still think this is true, however I recommend you keep this player because he is the best cover you have for left back. Patrice Evra: My first choice left back, Patrice Evra is fantastic in defense and attack. Good at going forward, dribbling and getting a cross in, and also great at pelting back down the field to stop attacks. In my opinion, the best left back in the game. .:: Midfielders ::. Owen Hargreaves: A good tackler, passer, and marker, Hargreaves is also very good at shooting long and should be rewarded with a first team place. Darren Fletcher: Not good enough for your first team, and probably never will be. Fletcher will be good backup until you get a few better players. Keep for a season or two. Michael Carrick: If played correctly, Carrick can be a very valuable player for your team. Excellent passer of the ball and with training, can also be a formidable long shooter and good tackler. Darron Gibson: Not the best of players. I'd recommend you sell him if you get a £1.5M or more bid. Cristiano Ronaldo: The best dribbler in the game, also a very good finisher and passer. Super physically as well. If played as winger he will get a moderate amount of goals and loads of assists. If played as striker, he will gets loads of goals and a moderate amount of assists. His first team spot should never be in contention. Nani: Basically like a slightly younger, slightly worse version of Ronaldo. Pretty much the same as him. Backup for Giggs and Ronaldo. Ryan Giggs: Although he is definitely coming towards the end of his illustrious career, Giggs still has a season or two in him. Start on the left wing. Anderson: A fantastic prospect. Anderson is a sublime dribbler and is a very good finisher. With the right training, he will become even better with time. Paul Scholes: Unfortunately, Scholes doesn't seem to cut it on the new patch. Put him on the bench, but I wouldn't start him. .:: Strikers ::. Carlos Tevez: If played rightly, Tevez plays superbly. Give him a lot of creative freedom, make him very attacking, and make him target man with distribution set to run-onto-ball and he'll score bags. Wayne Rooney: Not one of the most well known players in the world without reason, Rooney is a definite first teamer for you. Play him as a striker, but also as target man and huge creative freedom with through balls and run with ball often, he'll both score and assist bags. Louis Saha: I wasn't impressed with Saha in this game. I tried him with a number of tactics, but he didn't seem to cut it. .:: Recommended Lineup ::. Van der Sar Neville - Ferdinand - Vidic - Evra Hargreaves Ronaldo - - - - - - - - - - Giggs Anderson Rooney - Tevez .:: Recommended Transfers ::. The next section is completely my own opinions about what players you should buy and sell based on my own experiences. .:: Recommended Sales ::. Darron Gibson - min £1.5M. Louis Saha - min £3M. .:: Recommended Signings ::. Billy Sharp - max £1.5M. Toto Tamuz - max £1M. I recommend that you sign Tamuz and Sharp because you lack good striker backup and they are both cheap excellent strikers. After this, I wouldn't sign anyone until January. I'm not going to tell you any other transfers though. I'll let you play the game for yourself. .:: Recommended Tactics ::. .:: Team Instructions ::.  This is the tactic that I'm currently using. .:: Formation ::.  This formation works perfectly. Suggestions welcome.  This message was edited by CRISTIANO7 on Jan 05 2008. ------------------- | |
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 SamArsenal FC
Neo: Essential   total posts: 12985 since: Oct 2006 |
Jan 05, 08 at 10:36am |
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Nice to see you finally got around to getting Football Manager 2008 than, eh?
 The guide looks good, nice use of colour a good layout and some good information, than again you could add more information, like discussing the formation and adding screenshots of players, etc.-------------------  Credit: Mal | |
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CRISTIANO7 There's only one Ronaldo.
Neolithic total posts: 7392 since: Nov 2006 |
Jan 05, 08 at 10:38am |
quote Sam_P Yep. Finally.  Thanks for the suggestions - may add more in the future, but that's it for today at least. ------------------- | |
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Jakeyd English Champions 2009
Neolithic  total posts: 6639 since: Mar 2007 |
Jan 05, 08 at 10:40am |
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Good guide.
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Wilbz League 1 - Champions :)
s-e-e-k-e-r   total posts: 1934 GameGrep pts: 141 since: Dec 2007 |
 Jan 05, 08 at 10:41am |
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Good guide mate simple, a good layout and easy to follow
12M isn't too much is it but they do have a good squad but what about if you ask for money do you get extra?? -------------------  | |
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Veg1ta Master Of The Fist
forum raider total posts: 2762 since: Aug 2005 |
Jan 05, 08 at 10:41am |
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i would never use those team instructions and dont like ur recommened signings, expecially when ur a team like man utd who can quite possiably get any player in the world over a period of time.but on a whole its a nice layout, simple and readable.
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LFCDTFC "Bring on your Manchester United..."
ultra seeker  total posts: 1406 since: May 2007 |
Jan 05, 08 at 10:41am |
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Awful guide not helpful in the slightest!..if your not managing man utd but if you are that is a very good guide mate, well done.
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Sam Arsenal FC
Neo: Essential total posts: 12985 since: Oct 2006 |
Jan 05, 08 at 10:45am |
quote CRISTIANO7Sounds good, just thought I'd inform you of why I said some good information. One of the reasons being that the recommended buys are people of whom should be playing Championship football, Mid-Table Premierleague would be pushing it for them. I mean United can get some much better players of whom would work well in their squad, maybe they are good though, this is where the screenshots would come in useful. Also another formation would be good, seeing as you can't stick to the same formation forever as the computer eventually figures you out and counters against it. ------------------- Credit: Mal | |
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CRISTIANO7 There's only one Ronaldo.
Neolithic total posts: 7392 since: Nov 2006 |
Jan 05, 08 at 10:48am |
quote Sam_P Tamuz is a very good prospect in the game, as is Sharp. At the start of the game, they're very good signings. If you don't get them and Rooney or Tevez are injured, then you're a bit stuck. Sharp got a hat-trick against Bremen for me as well. Looks like he'll become quality. Veg1ta, what team instructions would you use? ------------------- | |
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Magikdonut Seeketh Maximus
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 Jan 05, 08 at 10:52am |
quoteSeems a silly thing to say as you've just done a whole guide on how to manage the team.  But overall a good guide and layout, look forward to seeing more. ------------------- So I'm in ma Punto, yeah, and I see the the Boy there in my rear view
I thought shit what am I gunna do This car's slow, its only a 1.2 | |
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Veg1ta Master Of The Fist
forum raider total posts: 2762 since: Aug 2005 |
Jan 05, 08 at 10:53am |
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its not really what team instructions i would use, but looking at those ones they dont seem balanced to me.dont get me wrong ur a team like man utd where most games ur going to dominate anywway, so the tactics ent really a issue.
as for signings i would rather sign palacio or someone for utd.even sell all the duds who arent world class lv and get a striker like aguero for 20 odd million, surely u can raise that much with utd..... | |
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Nikeman 13 Seeketh Maximus
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Jan 05, 08 at 10:58am |
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Yeh Turna is probbably right Watford and Chelsea guides are better but im sure you will improve
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CRISTIANO7 There's only one Ronaldo.
Neolithic total posts: 7392 since: Nov 2006 |
Jan 05, 08 at 11:01am |
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Well considering the people that made those are three to four years older then me, I'm happy.
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TurnA In Ancelotti we trust !
Neolithic   total posts: 7321 since: Jun 2007 |
Jan 05, 08 at 11:02am |
quote CRISTIANO7Why does that matter ? You can do everything they can ? lol -------------------  | |
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Underated
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 Jan 05, 08 at 11:04am |
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There's no need to argue about what guides are better, guys.
Great guide CRISTIANO7, you've obviously spent a lot of time and effort doing this, well done. Added to the portal. ------------------- If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it? | |
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