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Some one give me a good formation for the phoenix please

5 Attackers and 5 Attacking Mids . Gangsta!2008-09-27 15:03:40

On the topic of FM...

I have a South Korean player who is ineligible for proper matches, but can play friendlies.

How can I get him to play?

For the Phoenix ?  Probably cap issue ?

Ah k.

It's weird though cause all of a sudden Covs in ineligible and South Korean is.

EDIT: Oh worked it out - Helps to rego players Gangsta!2008-09-28 00:02:24

I am finding a good formation for the Phoenix is 4-4-2 diamond, but I have done some serious recruting so may depend on who you have...

Genie tells me that 4-4-2 diamond works, like yours, I have a couple new players aswell though.Gangsta!2008-09-28 19:10:52

Have you found how amazing George is in the game yet? It's LOLtastic.

A-League FM Questions:

Is my budget also my Salary Cap?

How do I set a Marquee?

You don't set a marquee, your highest paid player automatically is excluded from the cap, thereby becoming a marquee.

Makes sense.

So then is my Salary budget the cap?

And If not, what is?Gangsta!2008-09-28 23:25:59

Probably, it's ages since I played as the Phoenix... to busy chasing English league glory.

Phoenix budget is lower than the cap.

What is the cap?

1.8m Aus per annum.

$34,615 per week...man that's low

$1600 per person effectively, if you have a full squad of 22 + Marquee.

wow cares about cap? i have a squad of 33 (10 ineligable) and am like 20k over the cap a month..

I am on 2nd season and only have 21 registered because I am paying my new recruits too much, but oh well who cares, here's my first results:

Friendly (Away) Vs Celtic - 4-4
Friendly (Away) Vs Crystal Palace - 3-1
Pre Season Cup (Home) Vs Sydney 4-1
Pre Season Cup (Away) Vs Newcastle 3-0

I must say I am happy, especially being 4-1 down away to Celtic at halftime, and coming bac for a draw.

f**k it. like 12 players away on int. duty throughtout the month argh

Yeah that sucks, you will have to make do with your Aussies, imports and greyed out goal keeper unless you still have Spoonley...

yeah made me end up dead last. Had only Brownile as my striker and some iraqie guy who was crap. (thanks Genie).

Look  through clubs from Serbia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania etc, takes ages lookingh but you will find some gems.

I should show you who I have found, I have got, try this guy last name I think is Nowacki, I have him CAM, brilliant.   and a decent keeper is Stojkic.

I have signed these guys and they are great.

Smeltz is crap, he played whole season, got 1 goal and 4 assists!

Salary cap is a joke. Can only have 19/23 for new season,

SB, are you using the latest patch? There's some weird stuff going on with the Nix in the first release.

On formation, I've been using a 4-4-1-1 to reasonble success.

I also concur about the eastern european players, my two biggest stars are a striker who is the captain of the Romanian U21s and a Serbian playmaker who is like 18 and easily the best player in the side.

EDIT: Forgot to add that if half the squad is called up for an NZ friendly during the league I remove the first XI players from the NZ squad via the friendly instructions.
Critical_Lemon2008-09-29 23:09:16

If I release players on a free what happens?

Do they stay in my squad until bought by another club?

No they leave and become a free agent

is there a way to get a player who is ineligable to replace a injured player for a period of time?

I'm having a problem.....

I released Brownlee and Dodd on a free however the game shows both of them in my squad, problem is neither of them have squad numbers and the game won't let me give them squad numbers. the game won't let me start a match unless everyone has squad numbers either. Also there are no Transfer options in either players profile.

What should I do?Gangsta!2008-09-30 20:31:05

And thank fully there is a backup file - Which is only one game behind my current position.

Unfortunately, no

The A-League is rather botched in FM 2008.

The A-League isn't botched, the Phoenix is.  Researcher is a retard.

Was the researcher HN??

Na, some muppet called Dave Cross

Thanks guys... now I'm gonna resign my position from the reigning Euro & EPL Champs to have a crack with the Nix... 

since when was Vieri have Aussie..

His father was coach of Marconi and lived in Aus for a while, his little brother Max is capped by Australia and is sh*t.

I know where you live Wumbo.

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