Football Manager 2009

[Mr A]

Just loaded this up last night having got it for Xmas.

Holy feck Harps are woeful and a budget of 4.5k a week in the premier? It's going to be a long, long season.

So are there any decent players I can get for free and feck all wages but who are up to the premier? I've already got a few decent players from Letterkenny and Fanad!

[Mr A]

First mad experience was that I set up friendlies against Everton and Newcastle reserves in the hope of making a few bob... but the crowds were awful so I didn't.

Plus both clubs sent their full teams and beat the living crap out of me.

[Mr A]

Great start to the season- 3 draws and 4 wins! Steven O'Flynn doing rightly for me.

The wheels are bound to come off though.

[Neish]

F*ck Sake Mr A you posted saying you started a game at 5:20pm and by 12:48am approx 7.5 hours later your in season 3? I think you have a problem. Your right though playing with Harps is tough I'm in my 4th season, best I could do was a 7th place finish in prem 12 points above 8th but 8 points behind 6th

[Boo_Boy]

I think he meant 'Great start to the season' STOP, 3 draws and 4 wins.

:p

[Neish]

I think he meant 'Great start to the season' STOP, 3 draws and 4 wins.

:p

On reading it again prehaps you're right. Sorry A

[Conroy]

Have just bought it today, In-stalling as we speak through steam.

Could someone tell me What else should i download? Facepacks etc...

[jebus]

Have just bought it today, In-stalling as we speak through steam.

Could someone tell me What else should i download? Facepacks etc...

Download Football Manager 2005 and you'll be set :)

[Conroy]

Download Football Manager 2005 and you'll be set :)

I'm more of the free Championship Manager 00/01 type of guy. That seris hasnt been beaten in my eyes.(bar 03)

[Rovers fan]

Anyway can anyone recommend a good creative midfielder/right-back/left-back for my Derry City team? I'm in season 2010, with a budget of £1.1M.

danny grainger is a great left back. Midfield - david robertson was good for me at bohs and both stephen o'donnel and gary deegan are quality. Ryan France is a good right back/right midfielder that can usually be signed on bosman and chris casement also develops into decent right back. If you're still near the start of you're game there's a peruvian (international) centre half called Miguel Rebosio who will sign for you on bosman. His wages are about £900 per week but by the third season his demands will have fallen to about £650 per week. Another option for the left back position would be eoin powderly of kildare county. If you give him a run of games he will develop into a fantastic player and he can also play on the wing. There was another good left back I had but can't remember his name and my laptop is broken(:mad:) so I can't check it out...

[Mr A]

On reading it again prehaps you're right. Sorry A

Do you really think that I'm the sort of person that would get so absorbed that I'd play straight through 3 seasons?




















You're probably right :( There's a reason I haven't installed it up to now.. but after Saturday night I've fallen back in love with football :)

[Conroy]

Downloading is a disater, Left the room for around 30mins came back to steam to " Download Starting... ". This is after an hour or so.

[thischarmingman]

danny grainger is a great left back. Midfield - david robertson was good for me at bohs and both stephen o'donnel and gary deegan are quality. Ryan France is a good right back/right midfielder that can usually be signed on bosman and chris casement also develops into decent right back. If you're still near the start of you're game there's a peruvian (international) centre half called Miguel Rebosio who will sign for you on bosman. His wages are about £900 per week but by the third season his demands will have fallen to about £650 per week. Another option for the left back position would be eoin powderly of kildare county. If you give him a run of games he will develop into a fantastic player and he can also play on the wing. There was another good left back I had but can't remember his name and my laptop is broken(:mad:) so I can't check it out...

I reserve the right to remove that thanks I've just given you should any of the suggested players flop if I buy them. :p

[Rovers fan]

I reserve the right to remove that thanks I've just given you should any of the suggested players flop if I buy them.

I won't sleep tonight now, knowing that I could wake up in the morning and the thanks could be removed:(:D:D

Seriously though, if ya can get grainger he will do very well for ya!

[thischarmingman]

Grabbed Powderly and France, though have to wait a few weeks til transfer window opens so they can play.

Playing Mark Farren and one Damon Gray up front at the moment.

[eamo1]

Get Philip Reilly from Galway as a left back,or Shane Tracey.Both will eventually move on to England though but you'll get a good price for them,100k.Also Shaun Fagan from Galway Utd aswell,quality midfielder.Both of those players will go to Derry i'd say.John Russell as a AMC will run the show for you there.

[Black and White]

Does anyone have a link for a download to update all LOI transfers, iv been doing it meslef had it all done and perfect and then me feckin computer broke, and now I cant play FM09 on it caus eof the graphics, so have to use another comp elsewhere in the house!

[niallsparky]

Does anyone have a link for a download to update all LOI transfers, iv been doing it meslef had it all done and perfect and then me feckin computer broke, and now I cant play FM09 on it caus eof the graphics, so have to use another comp elsewhere in the house!

I've passed most of them on to the creator of this update and they've been included in the latest release:

http://weegie.fmupdates.net/

[Boo_Boy]

In July 2011 now, the Corkies just made it through to the group stages of the Uefa Cup.

Lost 2-0 to Dnipro away from home but won 3-0 at home!

[balls]

anyone know when fm 2010 is coming out

[gustavo]

Probably November , thats when they usually come out

[eamo1]

Theres a player for St.Pats called Neil Bayliss around the 2015/16 season,buy him and use him as your AMC.He will rule the LOI assists and goal scoring charts for a few years.Singlehandedly won me the league with them.

[gufc2000]

I got GUFC to the CL group stages on it....was delighted

[Mr A]

Just finished the first season- a storming success. Got Harps to second (Bohs ran away with it but the rest were tightly bunched) and won the cup with an unlikely victory over Bohs who had whipped me in the three league games. Sets things up nicley for the first year in the new ground.

Better than any of that, I finally managed to get somebody to take Stuart Malcolm off me, although Davy Byrne continues to be a drain on my all too scarce resources.

[Boo_Boy]

March 2nd 2012 in my game now. Just played my 1st match in the Premier Division with Kildare County after 3 seasons in the First Division..Drew 1-1 with Shams which was a great result I think.

Drogs got taken over by a Croatian group and they are splashing the cash.

This off season they have bought:

Derek Cooper(Bradford) - 375k
Michael Potts(Blackburn) - 1.8m
Marc Albrighton(Villa) - 2.4m
Adam Rooney(Inverness) - 1.8m
Harry Forrester(Villa) - 1.3m

:eek:

Wage bill of around 70k per-week!

I've got a 5.57k per-week wage bill...

[balls]

i have managed villa in football manager and forrester and albrighton are wonder kids in it. So can imagine how good they would be for drogs0after a few years ha

[irishultra]

the transfers i the game are a joke. jay o'shea 1.2 million euro to bohs in the first season after being signed by shamrock rovers for 60,000 euro:rolleyes:

the ai is so stupid sometimes.

how many leagues do people here run?

[Boo_Boy]

the transfers i the game are a joke. jay o'shea 1.2 million euro to bohs in the first season after being signed by shamrock rovers for 60,000 euro:rolleyes:

the ai is so stupid sometimes.

how many leagues do people here run?

Have you checked if they have been taken over by a consortium or something?

Bohs wouldn't have that much to spend otherwise :confused:.

[Neish]

Just finished my 3rd season with harps.

In season 1 I got promoted from Div 1 after losing in last game of season and losing league I went up though playoffs.

Season 2 Finished 8th in Prem 6 points clear of drop zonw but about 8 points from 7th place

Season 3:Finished 2nd in league and beat in semi finals of both cups mainly due to some good signings including goalkeaper: Tommy Forecast defenders: ruben hazell and paul wotton, midfeilders: John Paul Kelly and Alan Murphy and striker Gary Hamilton.

Ps What european competition does finishing 2nd in Premier get you into, in football manager?

[niallsparky]

Ps What european competition does finishing 2nd in Premier get you into, in football manager?

Europa League.

[Boo_Boy]

So whats the best player you have seen come through the youth ranks of a League of Ireland team in Football Manager?

Striker called Mark Powell has come through the ranks of Cork City, he's 19 now. Absolute quality and was sold to Birmingham in the Championship for just over E300k.

Been at the club for 2 weeks, has played 2 games and scored 2. I pray for someone like him to come through the youth ranks of Kildare. Sitting 8th in the Premier in September and struggling for goals.

[Mr A]

So I had a brilliant first season with Harps and have made a very solid start to the second- yet I'm described as an 'under-pressure' manager? WTF?

It freaks me out a bit as in FM2008 I had two good years with Eastleigh, then got sacked due to a bug in the game. What a waste of time that was!

[dfclilywhite]

So I had a brilliant first season with Harps and have made a very solid start to the second- yet I'm described as an 'under-pressure' manager? WTF?

Same as me. With Dundalk I won the 1st div in my first season, avoided relegation in 2nd and won the prem in my third.

[Mr A]

Maybe it's the fact that the local football journo absolutely hates me for some reason.

[ATFC-1887]

http://files.filefront.com/All+Ireland+Leaguerar/;12750637;/fileinfo.html

All-Ireland League database for those that are interested.

Premier: Bohemians, Cliftonville, Cork City, Derry City, Drogheda United, Galway United, Glentoran, Linfield, Portadown, Sligo Rovers, Shamrock Rovers, St. Patricks Athletic.

Championship: Athlone Town, Ballymena United, Bray Wanderers, Cobh Ramblers, Coleraine, Crusaders, Dundalk, Dungannon Swifts, Finn Harps, Glenavon, Limerick 37, Lisburn Distillery, Longford Town, Newry City, Shelbourne, University College Dublin, Waterford United.

First Division: Armagh City, Bangor, Donegal Celtic, Institute, Kildare County, Larne, Limavady United, Loughgall, Mervue United, Monaghan United, Sporting Fingal, Wexford Youths.

The season is based on the IFA structure therefore the nationality is Northern Ireland. The Leagues have all been renamed as "All-Ireland" though.

Download here. Extract to My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2009/db

http://files.filefront.com/All+Ireland+Leaguerar/;12750637;/fileinfo.html


Hi lads. First Post :D Anyways i was just trying to download his file and on the website this error message came up :
File is Unavailable.


The file you are attempting to download is not currently available on our servers or is being processed. Please try your download in a few minutes.

have been trying for hours now. anyone know what is going on?

[LFC-Zulu]

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z6/Niallsparky/FM%20Screenies/ChampionsLeague.jpg

How do I get those backgrounds? :eek:

[Aaron]

Gonna release an update with the July transfers in place:)

[ATFC-1887]

aw nice one man
when will they be out do you know? will you have a full Athlone Town update please. I can supply you with as much information as you need

[LFC-Zulu]

Gonna release an update with the July transfers in place:)
What a man. :D

[DmanDmythDledge]

Gonna release an update with the July transfers in place:)
I have updated info on UCD players, like DOBs and all that so I will email them on to you.

[leedsfan88]

Hi lads. First Post :D Anyways i was just trying to download his file and on the website this error message came up :
File is Unavailable.


The file you are attempting to download is not currently available on our servers or is being processed. Please try your download in a few minutes.

have been trying for hours now. anyone know what is going on?

Any hope the file will be unloaded again?

[dfclilywhite]

How do I get those backgrounds? :eek:




Okay I've released an Irish Stadium Pack (these show up as background images in your game) that features:

All Premier Division Stadia
All First Division Stadia
Croke Park
Buckley Park
Gannon Park
Download Link 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FXA58QY5 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FXA58QY5)
Download Link 2: http://files.filefront.com/Irish+Sta.../fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/Irish+Stadiumszip/;13326236;/fileinfo.html)

To use these, extract the download file to My Documents>Sports Interactive>Football Manager 2009>Graphics>Stadia. (If certain folders don't exist then just create them.)

When you start up the game, go in to preferences>display and sound and make sure "Show Background Pictures" is ticked.


There you go.

[Aaron]

aw nice one man
when will they be out do you know? will you have a full Athlone Town update please. I can supply you with as much information as you need

Great, I need this info on the following players:

Alex O'Reilly, Tom O'Halloran, Mick Byrne, Niall O'Reilly

Name:
Age/D.O.B:
Position(s)
Birthplace:
Preferred Foot:


I have updated info on UCD players, like DOBs and all that so I will email them on to you.

Good stuff, cheers

[Aaron]

Niallsparky, any chance you could upload your logopack for the LOI prem and first for me? Derek's links are broken and I lost all mine

[niallsparky]

Niallsparky, any chance you could upload your logopack for the LOI prem and first for me? Derek's links are broken and I lost all mine

I'm away in Europe at the moment but I'll upload them when I get back.

[Aaron]

I'm away in Europe at the moment but I'll upload them when I get back.

Good man, cheers

[ATFC-1887]

Alex O'Reilly, Tom O'Halloran, Mick Byrne, Niall O'Reilly

Name: Alex O' Reilly
Age/D.O.B:15 September 1979
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Birthplace:Essex
Preferred Foot:Right


Name: Niall O'Reilly
Age/D.O.B:April 12, 1987
Position(s) Reight Back
Birthplace:Skerries
Preferred Foot:Right


Name:Tom O'Halloran
Age/D.O.B:November 5, 1992
Position(s)Left/Right Midfield/AMC
Birthplace:Athlone
Preferred Foot:Left


Name:Mick Byrne
Age/D.O.B: 24
Position(s)DMC/CM
Birthplace: Dublin
Preferred Foot:Right

Few More Players I Would Like You To Add In

Name:Stephen Place
Age/D.O.B:25
Position(s)ST
Birthplace: Dublin
Preferred Foot:Right


Name:Robbie Benson
Age/D.O.B:17
Position(s)RM/LM
Birthplace:AThlone
Preferred Foot:Right


Name:Kevin Dunne
Age/D.O.B:18
Position(s)Centre Back
Birthplace:Athlone
Preferred Foot:Right


Name:Brian Cleary
Age/D.O.B:22nd April 1988
Position(s)Left Back/Centre Midfield
Birthplace:Ballinasloe
Preferred Foot:Left


Name:Ciaran Reilly
Age/D.O.B:22
Position(s)Centre Mid
Birthplace: Dublin
Preferred Foot:Right


Name:Ronan Stack
Age/D.O.B:03/01/91
Position(s)RWB
Birthplace:Athlone
Preferred Foot:Right


Name:Kevin Horan
Age/D.O.B:05/12/92
Position(s)LW/ST
Birthplace:Athlone
Preferred Foot:Left


Could you also make sure the following non playing staff are up to date where possible please

First Team Manager: Brendan Place
First Team Assistant Manager: Padraig Moran
Youth CoachAnthony Sherlock
Fitness and Conditioning Coach: John Tiernan Jnr
Goalkeeping Coach: Declan Mulligan

Chairman: Tony Knight
Assistant Chairman: John Croghan
Club Administrator:Chris Enright
Treasurer: John Comber
Assistant Treasurer: John Gately
Secretary: Damien Milton
Assistant Secretary: Chris Enright

Thanks a Million. Any more info needed ill help no bother

[ATFC-1887]

Could whoever uploaded the all ireland league file please upload it again as im mad to play this database...


Thanks

[Dundalkjames]

Could whoever uploaded the all ireland league file please upload it again as im mad to play this database...


Thanks


I second that

[Neish]

Just finished my 3rd season with harps.

In season 1 I got promoted from Div 1 after losing in last game of season and losing league I went up though playoffs.

Season 2 Finished 8th in Prem 6 points clear of drop zonw but about 8 points from 7th place

Season 3:Finished 2nd in league and beat in semi finals of both cups mainly due to some good signings including goalkeaper: Tommy Forecast defenders: ruben hazell and paul wotton, midfeilders: John Paul Kelly and Alan Murphy and striker Gary Hamilton.

Ps What european competition does finishing 2nd in Premier get you into, in football manager?

Having a awful season 4 in early june and have only won 4 games drew 5 and lost the rest, knocked out in 2nd round of league cup and have 1 win , 1 draw and 1 loss in all ireland cup. Just hoping for a decent euro cup run to get team spirt going again