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OK, completed the pre-season and am about to play the first competition match. Had some serious changes

 

Ajax - Transfer Update August 5th

 

In

Lucas Piazon - Currently on loan, have to pay 800K if I want to keep him

Podberezkin - €1.2M from Lokomotiv

Marcos Junior - €2M from Fluminese

Goretzka - Currently on loan, have to pay 750K if I want to keep him

Fraser - €100K from Dundee United

Putsko - €525K from Spartak Moskva

Cragno - €660K from Brescia

Lucas Torro - €950K from RM something

Lumu - €1.2M from Willem II

Barkroth - €475K from IFK

Woods - €220K from Shrewsbury

Mendy - €1.2M from Le Havre

Taylor - €300K from Shrewsbury

 

Current negotiations

Aycicek - Transfer offer: €250K

Sterling - Transfer offer: €1.8M

 

Out

Ebecilio - €1M to NEC

Sulejmani - €5.5M to QPR

Cillessen - €2.2M to RCD Espanyol

De Jong - €5.5M to Numancia

 

Still have 5 players for sale and 12 for loan

 

Lineup

GK: Vermeer (will be sold after 1/2 or 1 year)

RB: Van Rhijn - 74

CB: Putsko - 62

CB: Moisander (will be sold after 1 year)

LB: Mendy - 65

RCM: Taylor - 61

CM: Eriksen (will be sold after 1 year)

LCM: Woods - 58 +1

CAM: Marcos Junior - 68 +1

ST: Lumu - 64 +1

ST: Lucas Piazon - 63 +2

 

Subs:

ST: Barkroth - 59 +1

GK: Cragno - 61 +1

CM: Goretzka - 60 +1

RB: van der Wiel - 77 +1(will be sold after 1 year)

CM: Fraser - 48 +2

CAM: Podberezkin - 63 +1

CM: Lucas Torro - 63

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OK, completed the pre-season and am about to play the first competition match. Had some serious changes

 

Ajax - Transfer Update August 5th

 

In

Lucas Piazon - Currently on loan, have to pay 800K if I want to keep him

Podberezkin - €1.2M from Lokomotiv

Marcos Junior - €2M from Fluminese

Goretzka - Currently on loan, have to pay 750K if I want to keep him

Fraser - €100K from Dundee United

Putsko - €525K from Spartak Moskva

Cragno - €660K from Brescia

Lucas Torro - €950K from RM something

Lumu - €1.2M from Willem II

Barkroth - €475K from IFK

Woods - €220K from Shrewsbury

Mendy - €1.2M from Le Havre

Taylor - €300K from Shrewsbury

 

Current negotiations

Aycicek - Transfer offer: €250K

Sterling - Transfer offer: €1.8M

 

Out

Ebecilio - €1M to NEC

Sulejmani - €5.5M to QPR

Cillessen - €2.2M to RCD Espanyol

De Jong - €5.5M to Numancia

 

Still have 5 players for sale and 12 for loan

 

Lineup

GK: Vermeer (will be sold after 1/2 or 1 year)

RB: Van Rhijn - 74

CB: Putsko - 62

CB: Moisander (will be sold after 1 year)

LB: Mendy - 65

RCM: Taylor - 61

CM: Eriksen (will be sold after 1 year)

LCM: Woods - 58 +1

CAM: Marcos Junior - 68 +1

ST: Lumu - 64 +1

ST: Lucas Piazon - 63 +2

 

Subs:

ST: Barkroth - 59 +1

GK: Cragno - 61 +1

CM: Goretzka - 60 +1

RB: van der Wiel - 77 +1(will be sold after 1 year)

CM: Fraser - 48 +2

CAM: Podberezkin - 63 +1

CM: Lucas Torro - 63

 

It's good to hear from you again Steelstick, I remember your input in last Years Career Mode Thread and I look forward to reading your Posts again this Year.

 

It's also nice to see quite a few of the names from my Sheffield United Career Mode in your Ajax Team.

 

Here are a few more that you may find useful:

 

Player Potential From FIFA 13 Career Mode Database: (Link)

Key: SA = Starting Ability, P = Potential, PG = Potential Growth

 

Potential 88 Players

Gabriel - CDM/CM - Pro Vercelli - Age:18 - SA: 66 - P:88 - PG:+22

Leali - GK - Virtus Lanciano - Age:19 - SA:71 - P:88 - PG:+17

Masi - CB - Pro Vercelli - Age:19 - SA:71 - P:88 - PG:+17

Pogba - CDM - Juventus - Age:19 - SA:72 - P:88 - PG:+16

 

Potential 87 Players

Bouy - CAM - Brescia - Age:19 - SA:67 - P:87 - PG:+20

Fischer - LW/CAM - Ajax - Age:18 - SA:67 - P:87 - PG:+20

 

I know some of these Players quite well as Fischer is now rated as an 84 and is worth £27,000,000 as my ACM during Season Five. At the Start of this Season I have also Sold Gabriel for £27,000,000 to Man City and Goalkeeper Leali to Barcelona for £39,500,000.

 

Deniz aycicek- hannover 58 cam, he goes from a 58 to a 91 in two seasons if you play him reguraly or leave him at hannover :) Tactic; play 3 at the back and sell all your full backs for more money :)

Welcome to the x360a Forums caldo69, and thanks for Posting your recommendation of Deniz Aycicek.

 

Aycicek is also rated at 90+ in my Career Mode and is worth £61,000,000. He's the only Player I've seen so far that appears to be wrong within the FIFA 13 Career Mode Database.

 

Here's a Screenshot taken from my Career Mode where he is the joint 2nd best Player in the World after Messi and alongside Hugo Lloris:

 

http://pichut.eu/x/aybhb.jpg

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It's good to hear from you again Steelstick, I remember your input in last Years Career Mode Thread and I look forward to reading your Posts again this Year.

 

It's also nice to see quite a few of the names from my Sheffield United Career Mode in your Ajax Team.

 

Here are a few more that you may find useful:

 

Player Potential From FIFA 13 Career Mode Database: (Link)

Key: SA = Starting Ability, P = Potential, PG = Potential Growth

 

Potential 88 Players

Gabriel - CDM/CM - Pro Vercelli - Age:18 - SA: 66 - P:88 - PG:+22

Leali - GK - Virtus Lanciano - Age:19 - SA:71 - P:88 - PG:+17

Masi - CB - Pro Vercelli - Age:19 - SA:71 - P:88 - PG:+17

Pogba - CDM - Juventus - Age:19 - SA:72 - P:88 - PG:+16

 

Potential 87 Players

Bouy - CAM - Brescia - Age:19 - SA:67 - P:87 - PG:+20

Fischer - LW/CAM - Ajax - Age:18 - SA:67 - P:87 - PG:+20

 

I know some of these Players quite well as Fischer is now rated as an 84 and is worth £27,000,000 as my ACM during Season Five. At the Start of this Season I have also Sold Gabriel for £27,000,000 to Man City and Goalkeeper Leali to Barcelona for £39,500,000.

 

 

Thanks for the tips! I'll check them out once I have some time. I'll try to update regularly, but I have really long school days now.

 

Anyway, thanks for the tips and the warm welcome :drunk

 

Edit;

OK, here's the update after the Transfer Window

Ajax - Transfer Update S1 TW1 - Legendary Career

Players In

Bouy - 68 CAM - On Loan. Club declined option to buy after loan, so I'll have to buy him again

Duricic - 76 CAM - €7M + 3M Player from Heerenveen - Duricic requested a transfer request, so I figured he'd be a nice addition, since his potential is about 85. Since his value had already passed 12M, the 7M I had to pay didn't seem too bad

 

Out

Denswil - 68 CB - On Loan to NAC. One of the players I already have with high potential.

 

Growth

GK: Vermeer - 78 (+2) Vermeer will be sold next Transfer Window

RB: van Rhijn - 74 (+2) van Rhijn is one of the talents I already had. With a potential of 82, I'll probably let him go for an acceptable offer

CB: Alderweireld - 78 (+1) Alderweireld will be sold next Transfer Window

LB: Mendy - 66 (+1) Didn't play too much yet so I'm pleased he went up

RM: Taylor - 63 (+2) Taylor's becoming my speed demon once more, now with 94 Acc and 92 Sprint Speed

CAM: Duricic - 76 (+0) Duricic didn't grow yet, but he's only played one match for me so far

CAM: Eriksen - 81 (+1) Eriksen will most likely request a transfer halfway the season. If he doesn't, he'll definitely request one at the end. I expect to sell him for at least €30M

CM: Woods - 60 (+3) Woods grows really fast (I noticed this on FIFA 12) so he's an instant buy no matter where I start my Career

CA: Marcos Junior - 69 (+2) Marcos Jr is becoming great already. He has 91 pace, 92 agility, over 70 ball skills and can score goal. Only downside is his low Stamina, which is 62

ST: Lumu - 65 (+2) Lumu had some trouble scoring, but he's getting there. I often switch him for Barkroth during half time

ST: Lucas Piazon - 64 (+3) This guy is legendary. On paper he's not the best striker, but he scores incredibly much (10 goals in 4 matches) and is always ale to break the ice

 

CM: Goretzka - 62 (+3) Hasn't got any superb skills yet, but his growth gives me faith. A lot.

CM: Lucas Torro - 64 (+1) Didn't grow too much, but had a 3 week injury so he missed some matches. I expect more growth from him

CAM: Podberezkin - 65 (+3) Same story as Goretzka; no superb skills yet, but very decent growth

GK: Cragno - 62 (+2) Didn't play that much as I was trying to sell Vermeer and let Vermeer play a lot, but still grew. He's gonna play more matches from now on

CM: Fraser - 49 (+3) His overall seems bad and his stats aren't great either, but his growth so far makes me believe he has potential. That and his 73 Stamina

CAM: Aycicek - 60 (+2) Same story as Goretzka and Podberezkin

ST: Barkroth - 61 (+3) This guy's on his way to the starting XI. His speed, agility and balance are incredible, his ball control is fantastic and he already has a almost stunning 70 Curve. His Shot Precision's only 53, but he honestly has few trouble scoring goals

 

LW: Fischer - 69 (+2) Wanted to loan him out since I don't expect I'll let him play much, but nobody came. Still nice to see him grow

RW: Andersen - 68 (+1) Same story as Fischer

CAM: Bouy - 68 (+1) On Loan from Brescia. Didn't play a single mach yet

LB: Boilesen - 71 (+2) Same story as Fischer and Andersen

CB: Putsko - 63 (+1) Didn't grow very much either, but had a 2 month injury. ABout to play his first match

 

Overall I'm satisfied with the growth. Next update will be halfway the season

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Update 9: The Conclusion of my Experimental Sheffield United Career Mode on World Class Difficulty for the x360a Forums.

 

For those of you who have been reading my regular Sheffield United Career Mode Updates over the last several weeks and for the Forum members who are reading my Posts on this Thread for the very first time, I feel the time has now come to conclude my experimental Sheffield United FIFA 13 Career Mode.

 

The aim of my experimental Sheffield United FIFA 13 Career Mode was to see how successful you could be while building your Club up from a Lower League position, in Sheffield United's case the 3rd Tier of English Football in nPower League One, while also solely concentrating on the Signing and Development of Bargain High Potential young Players which I found by using the Database. (Here)

 

I have decided to conclude the experiment at this time because of a number of different factors including, the rapid growth of my Club both as a very strong Squad including Players such as Lionel Messi, Neymar, Jack Wilshere and also as a Financial powerhouse with approximately £120,000,000 still remaining in my Transfer Budget after the close of the first Transfer Window of Season Five, please see my Screenshot below:

 

http://pichut.eu/x/sheffu.jpg

 

My Career Mode has also got to a point where the vast majority of Players have reached their Potential, therefore the next generation of Young Players are randomly generated by the Game and accordingly there would be no purpose in recommending them to you.

 

For those of you who would like to follow each Stage of my Experimental Sheffield United Career Mode on a Step by Step basis, I will add Links to each of my Updates below where you can read my experiences and recommendations during FIFA 13's Career Mode journey:

 

Boomerang Cat's Experimental Sheffield United Career Mode, Quick-Link Directory:

Update 1: Season One - Starting out with little Money and the Essential Players I Signed. (Here)

Update 2: Season One - Player Growth Update & Essential January Transfer Window Recommendations. (Here)

Update 3: End of Season One - High Potential Player Growth Update. (Here)

Update 4: Season Two - Summer & January Transfer Window Signings Update. (Here)

Update 5: End of Season Two - High Potential Player Growth Update. (Here)

Update 6: Season Three - Summer & January Transfer Window Signings Update. (Here)

Update 7: End of Season Three - High Potential Player Growth Update. (Here)

Update 8: Season Four - Summer & January Transfer Window Signings Update. (Here)

Update 9: End of Season Four/Start of Season Five - The conclusion of the Sheffield United Experiment. (Here)

 

Boomerang Cat's Essential FIFA 13 Career Mode Tips, Quick-Link Directory:

Tip #1: Check Free Transfers regularly to generate extra Transfer Funds. (More Info Here)

Tip #2: Make plenty of Enquiries, you can sometimes Sign Players for less than they're worth! (More Info Here)

Tip #3: Tips for negotiating Transfer Deals for well above Market Value & the maximum Fee that your Chief Executive recommends you will be able to get for the Player. (More Info Here)

 

Below is a Video of the UEFA Champions League Final from Season 4. Once again, like in my previous UEFA Cup Final Video, I again switched the Difficulty up from World Class to Legendary:

 

FC Barcelona Vs Sheffield United

UEFA Champions League Final

Season: Four

Difficulty: Legendary

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw3n81yTfX8]FIFA 13 - UEFA Champions League Final Highlights - FC Barcelona Vs Sheffield United - YouTube[/ame]

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I have just passed the summer transfer window in season 2 with my sunderland team.

 

Pos-Name-Overall-Purchesed

 

GK-Ter Stegen-80-S2

RB-Mbaye-75-S1

CB-Ake-68-S2

CB-Zouma-76-S1

LB-Willems-74-S1

CDM-Gabriel-74-S1

CDM-Casemiro-79-S1

CM-Pogba-79-S2

RW-Iturbe-77-S2

ST-Piazon-70-S1

LW-Merkel-81-S1

 

SUBS

Brajkovic-Vieira-Myhill-Seric-Romagnoli-Grbasic Youths with potential

Mignolet

 

 

Aim for the season is to qualify for euro again as i did last season :)

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I've gone a bit quiet lately! Been very busy with work and haven't had a lot of time to play. I got a bit sick of my Villarreal career after it filled up with so many of the little '13 glitches that it was a nightmare playing around it. I did however start up a new career with Anzhi in Russia which is still glitch free and more enjoyable for me at the moment as I have the time to dip into it every now and again, as I am back to simming bits and bobs.

 

I was keen to turn over a lot of the team in the Summer but limited by spending somewhat as I realised I had some reasonable foundations already in place.

 

I bought Jenkinson from Arsenal at RB who is a very solid player who defends and attacks well, and at LB is Willems from PSV - Willems is a fantastic full back who I very highly recommend. I brought in Dragovic from Basel at CB to partner Samba/Ewerton, and either of these partnerships work really well, with Dragovic being a bit faster and Samba/Ewerton being powerhouses.

 

I am unchanged in the middle of the park, however I really recommend young Oleg Shatov who is a very talented CM. Up front I bought Muriel who has always grown very well and he is a class act. Eto'o has been a bit average but I also have Traore who is a striker I rate very highly, and I expect Muriel and Traore to form a killer partnership when Eto'o slows down a bit.

 

While I remember my team is growing very well, I'm not at all sure of exact growths. Willems in particular is growing phenomenally.

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i have signed cragno, fischer, nana welbeck, lucas piazon, that gabriel as a cdm, and this guy from barca, but idk if he is real, he would be 16 in season one of career mode, he is called dybala and is a st, he is also on loan

 

made a mistake in selling rodolph austin my captain although i sold him for 4,000,000 when he is worth 1,700,000 so thats a good sell in my eyes. will e buying him back when i can.

 

lineup

 

gk, cragno,

 

rb sam bryam, actual real life leeds united youth player

 

rcb, tom lees, actual real life player and england under 21 player, (he was/has been charged with the fight in the england/serbia fight)

 

lcb, Prince gouano, who is one the list that got put up on here.

 

lb: grimaldo from barcelona b/ charlie taylor from leeds youth academy.

 

rcm: nana welbeck, has great stamina for a young fellow.

 

lcm: gabriel, will be useful for the future

 

cam: antonio som, i got him from the ea store of a future star, but he keeps getting injured, he has had two three month injuries now. annoying.

 

starting lw: ross mccormack, lucas piazon. lucas is developing well, but ross seems to be playing better.

 

starting striker rotation: luciano becchio, just seems to score more often than not but he is starting to show his age and is starting to slow down. Dybala, aged 17 with 93 speed and about 75 finishing.

 

dominic poleon, played well in a 2-0 win for me scoring one and setting the other one up, he is rated 61 and is a bit behind,

 

rw: split between fischer from ajax, and kyle bennett who is much more pacier, and comes from league two, so he is defo cheap.

 

particular other players in my squad, lee peltier as a rb cover and cb cover for games that come really quicker after big games,

 

marvell wynne, cdm or cb, very useful for my team,

 

jonny howson, brought him back from norwich, for two million and he is rated 75.

 

i also got a billionaire owner, but i havent used his cash yet.

 

still im doing alright in the premier league but struggled royally in the europa league, i lost on a last minute penalty to hamburg when it looked like i could win, and then got battered 4-0 however i do have the weakest team in the group in the next two games so i should get right back into the group

 

intend to buy masi, pogba,

 

i use the 4-3-3 but it had a (4) in it from last year, it was arsenal's default formation this and last years with a slight, slight improvement of moving the lb and rb upto become wing backs.

 

i also use custom tactics and these are the two i use, with only one difference between.

 

BUILD UP PLAY

 

Speed 78

passing 11

Positioning: Free form

 

Chance Creation

 

Passing 57

Crossing 57

Shooting 37

Positioning free form

 

Defence

 

Pressure 65 (IN MY OTHER FORMATION IT IS 100)

Aggression 62

Team Width 60

Defender line of offside trap

 

am currently 4th after 6 games in premier league despite having no player over 80 ovr

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Quick Anzhi update.

 

Just past the January transfer window of season 2. Really happy with my team. I've tried to stay "Russian" to some extent, as my manager is Guus Hiddink and obviously they are a Russian side - while "homegrown" rules aren't present in FIFA, I find it more interesting if you try and play like there are. Just got offered the Russian int'l job which is the one I was holding out for. Several of the first team are in my squad too which makes it a little nicer.

 

Anyway, the team (4-4-2) -

 

ter Stegen - 83

Parshivlyuk - 82, Dragovic - 81, Nastasic - 82, Schennikov - 79

Dzagoev © - 84, Mamaev - 82, Shatov - 77, Shaqiri - 82

Muriel - 82, Traore - 84

 

Subs: Varane (CB) - 76, Willems (LB) - 78, Pogba (CDM) - 79, Hoilett (LM) - 80, Karumov (CAM) - 77, Kokorin (ST) - 78, Nelson Oliviera (ST) - 79

 

 

First off, I'm going to once again stress how valuable swap deals can be. I thought I'd had some good deals in the past, but in this career I've been thrilled with what I pulled off. I started in goal with Gabulov, a 6m, 78 rated keeper who's a bit average. I set to work looking for a better keeper and managed to pull off a stunning swap of Gabulov + 1m for Rui Patricio (82 rated, 9m value).

In January however I was getting a bit fed up of Patricio, and here was my astonishing swap - I managed to trade him, plus no additional money, for the 15m rated ter Stegen, who is arguably the best young keeper on the game. The deal was so impressive I even got the press telling me it was a bargain!

I also got a great deal for Dzagoev (84 rated, valued 15.5m), which was Zhirkov (6m) + 8m, which for a player who grew almost as soon as he arrived and promptly rose to his current value of 22.5m, is in my opinion a great deal.

 

Here's a few of my favourites:

 

Parshivlyuk (RB) - Spartak Moscow. Got him in start of season two for 8m. Has increased by +3 in half a season and is very talented in both defence and attack.

 

Ewerton (CB) - Anzhi. I believe he is a 76 rated at first (maybe lower?) and shouldn't grow a lot really, but grew to an 82 before CSKA bought him from me in the past transfer window for a whopping 26m (he was valued 9.5m). I preferred playing Dragovic/Nastasic as they both had a better potential for growth, but Ewerton was a tank if you could live with a relatively poor pace. Debating making a move to bring him back in the summer but I bought Varane as a replacement who I believe has a better potential, so I'm undecided.

 

Willems (LB) - PSV? Bargain buy at the start of season one. Was approx. 3m and is now valued at 10.5m having grown by +6(?) over a season and a half. Was recently replaced by Schennikov, a left back I've enjoyed using for several FIFAs now, but Willems should remain a very valuable player.

 

Shatov (CM) - Anzhi. A bit average stats and not the best grower in the world (+5 ish I believe), but something about Shatov makes him a fantastic attacking threat from midfield. An ability to play on the wing also makes him highly useful.

 

Traore (ST) - Anzhi. Well, he's 6 foot 8 inches with acceleration/sprint speed of around 80, with massive growth potential and a huge finishing stat and huger strength stat. What's not to like? Top scorer last year ahead of the mighty Samuel Eto'o and is running away with it again this year. Muriel/Traore is a very useful strikeforce of pace and power, but Traore is a complete forward.

 

While I won't go into details, I'd also recommend any of the players I listed above, plus Kacaniklic (Fulham, LM) who is a very valuable reserve winger with pace to burn and a great finishing stat.

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Sorry for the lack of updates. Given Boomerang Cat's amazing contributions I feel slightly guilty.

 

Just a small update to make you all chuckle. Given the news that Aycicek can level up to 91 in career I made him my primary target for my Monaco team (second season, now in League 1). I got him for a bargain price and he made a great debut. I subsequently found out I'd bought the wrong Aycicek! Levent, not Deniz. Doh!

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^^ lol! That's funny. I've started my first Manager Mode as Hartlepool United. I think some people need to use the word "bargain" a little less. When you're working with a 750,000 transfer fund, you've really gotta cut corners.

 

I've been mostly looking for 17-18 year old guys in the mid-50's. I signed a Spanish CB (Bernardo) who's 19 and a 59 ovr. I also picked up a 17 yr old Austrian LM who is a 57, named Thomas Murg (FK Austria Wien). Both players are solid for my team, but I can't really see either becoming all-stars as I move up.

 

Now, for anyone looking for a young English winger, not sure if he's been mentioned... Hartlepool has a 17 yr old RW named Luke James. He's already a 66 in my team. I'd highly advise picking him up.

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Sorry for the lack of updates. Given Boomerang Cat's amazing contributions I feel slightly guilty.

 

Just a small update to make you all chuckle. Given the news that Aycicek can level up to 91 in career I made him my primary target for my Monaco team (second season, now in League 1). I got him for a bargain price and he made a great debut. I subsequently found out I'd bought the wrong Aycicek! Levent, not Deniz. Doh!

 

I can echo that sentiment - Boomerang Cat's updates always make mine feel a bit inferior, haha. It's great stuff though and it goes without saying that without him this thread wouldn't be anywhere near as good.

 

Oops! I had a bit of a panic picking up Aycicek when I saw there was two, thankfully I got the right one. However it's become apparent to me that playtime is absolutely vital for his growth, as being a substitute/squad player has meant he has had poor growth for me this season.

 

 

On a general note, another tip is Cyril Hennion, who is a young CAM. I believe he is French and plays in Ligue 2, however I can't remember where. He starts off at a relatively low value but in my Liverpool career I saw him at Barca at 80 rated, 24m value, and I think he was about 22 at the time. Develops brilliant physical attributes and can play up front too. Probably going to be my next target!

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One of the biggest assets in fifa 13 when playing in a low league, such as I am in England's league 2, is to invest in a good-ish scout. I started out with Fleetwood town and after ten or so games found myself close to the bottom of the log, and was is desperate need of a good winger or two, so I loaned Memphis Depay from Ajax and Nana Welbeck. Depay is a very fast LW that boasts with high 80's in sprint speed and acceleration, and Welbeck is in general a good CM with great potential. Then I hired a three star scout for both experience and judgement, and found two players that is really brilliant! I signed both, one starting out at 67 OVR, and the other at 65, and both are now after half a season already at 71 OVR each. These 16 year olds youth players ends up being my highest rated players, besides Memphis Depay which is now at 73 OVR, stil on loan and Nana Welbeck at 72 also still on loan. So the best thing to do when you start out low in the ranks and low on cash, investing in your youth academy is a must do! 4 star scouts at this moment is still too expensive for me but will get there. I've already found two players that says " potential to be special" which means their potential lies between 90-94, with only a 3 star scout from England

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So this was so off that i actually had to google see if anything came close to this made account and all that, wasted like 20mins just to see if anyone of yall has seen something similar.

 

I have been playing fifa since like 06 and loved career mode, the whole building of squads etc and ive never seen this type of bid even on a young player with such potential like this guy.

 

I found myself one of those damn good free transfer players, after like 2 season in the club the sob got up to 90, suprised he didnt demand a move but come 3th season in the club he did.

 

I didnt want to sell so i counter offered madrid to max 150mil and the sobs came back and offered to give me all of their available transfer money during that window, look at pics.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/smokey77022/fifa13/IMG_0467.jpg

Tried to get messi but barca was having none of it, hazard chelsea agreed but sob didnt want to come over even at 400k salary and most other top rank strikers i had same luck with, clubs excepted my offers but the players didnt want to move, no one wanted to come play to the mls :D, pato, baloteli, ronaldo etc only neymar and ramirez and de gea gk came over, goal was to offload the 130mill+ before season over because ive noticed that the club just takes it all if not spent come next season.

 

Was just wondering if yall have seen such a move in your career modes, this was a first for me after like 10+ career modes played in the past years.

 

Felt like Roman Abramovich for that one season, if only messi and hazard would of agreed to come to the mls, LOL

 

various other pics of my career mode.

http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/smokey77022/fifa13/

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Haha! Amazing. I must look out for that guy! I currently have a couple of randomly generated free signings in my squad, a young English striker and Spanish CB, both of whom have pretty decent stats, and I'm hoping that they'll both level up in the coming seasons.

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Well at long last my latest update (internet was very crap so couldn't update earlier)

 

Career Mode - Ajax, Legendary difficulty

Start of Season 3, End of Transfer Window 1

 

Players In

GK: Leali (73) - €4M + Cragno, from Laciano

RB: Hewitt (70) - €2.5M, from Ipswich

CM: Cane (70) - Free Agent, 19 years, high potential status

CDM: Ibanez (73) - Scouted Player, promising Mental stats, poor Fysical stats

ST: Boakye (79) - €6M, from Sassuolo

ST: Moreno (74) - Scouted Player, very promising, needs Fysical improvement

GK: Pessao (63) - Scouted Player

CB: Rekik (72) - €1.8M, from Manchester City

CAM: Trejo (71) - Free Agent, 19 years, high potential status

ST: Marco Pagano (71) - Free Agent, 18 years

LB: Couto (61) - Scouted Player, poor attributes, poor growth

CAM: Jimenez (73) - Scouted Player, same as Ibanez

CAM: Aldair (65) - Scouted Player, same as Ibanez/Jimenez

CM: Ayoub (71) - €1.5M, from FC Utrecht

 

Players Out

RB: van Rhijn (79) - 6,5M to Malaga

Had almost reached his potential and wanted more wage then I was willing to pay

 

CAM: Serero (75) - €2.8M to Everton

Never used him, so I sold him

 

LW: Sana (75) - €1.8M to Vitesse

Same as Serero

 

ST: Hoesen (73) - €2M to Levante

Was nearing his potential and I rarely used him

 

CM: Fraser (63) - Loan to Derby County

Poor growth, might be sold next Season

 

CAM: Aldair (65) - Loan to Borussia Dortmund

Didn't get to play much because I had too many midfielders and his stats weren't that great

 

CM: Goretzka (72) - €6.4M to Valencia

Refused contract offers so I decided to sell him

 

CM: Ayoub (71) - Loan to Heerenveen

Same story as Aldair

 

LB: Boilesen (76) - Loan to Real Betis

Didn't play much but has potential

 

RW: Andersen (74) - Loan to Numancia

Same as Boilesen

 

GK: van der Hart (65) - €600K to Roda JC

Refused to sign a new contract

 

LW: Fischer (76) - Loan to Club Brugge

Same as Andersen

 

Growth

GK: Leali - 73 +1

RB: Hewitt - 70 +1

CB: Kalas - 79 +1

CB: Putsko - 73 +1

LB: Mendy - 74 +0

CAM: Duricic - 83 +0 (Nearing his potential, trying to sell him)

CM: Cane - 70 +0

CDM: Ibanez - 73 +1

CAM: Podberezkin - 76 +3

ST: Boakye - 79 +1

ST: Moreno - 74 +2

ST: Barkroth - 72 +4

GK: Pessao - 63 +0

ST: Lumu - 71 +1

CB: Denswil - 74 +1

CB: Rekik - 72 +1

CAM: Aycicek - 71 +2 (doesn't grow that fast, how the heck can he reach 91?)

LW: Lucas Piazon - 77 +4

CAM: Trejo - 71 +1

ST: Pagano - 71 +0

LB: Couto - 61 +1

CAM: Jimenez - 73 +1

CA: Marcos Junior - 77 +1

LB: Dijks - 71 +0

CM: Lucas Torro - 70 +2 (poor growth)

CM: Woods - 66 +1 (very poor growth, will probsbly be sold halfway the season

RM: Taylor - 70 +0 (still a speed demon, but Technical skills not good enough)

LW: Fischer - 76 +1

CM: Fraser - 63 +5 (poor growth)

CAM: Aldair - 65 +1

CM: Ayoub - 71 +1

LB: Boilesen - 76 +1

RW: Andersen 74 +1

 

Next Transfer Window, I hope to sell some players (Duricic definitely has to go). Boakye may be sold depending on his growth and value, and I might consider selling Kalas (who is a BEAST by the way)

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So, me and my buddy spent about 2-2½ hour picking out the right players for a youngster team that would need about 8 years to shine and I've decided to share the result with you guys!

 

Here it is:

 

Goalkeeper - Ter Stegen (he's the only 20 year old, but he's the keeper)

RB - J Willems, 18 years old, great physically and good ball control

CB - Zouma, 17 y, he's a MACHINE. +90 in all phyiscal att.

CB - Mbaye, 17 y, also a machine but faster and more control

LB - Grimaldo, 16 y, +90 in most physical attritubtes, very fast

 

All these guys are INSANE. Especially the 2 CBs. They both have +90 in all physical attributes and probably ends up around 95 OVR if you keep them in good form. Zouma get 98 strength while Mbaye gets about the same amount in acceleration and sprint speed. When I tried Zouma, Mbaye and Grimaldo in another career, they ended up at 94, 93 and 92, age 24, 24 and 23. Amazing.

 

RDM - A. Maher, 18 y, first time trying him, he's a beast after 3 seasons

LDM - T. Vilhena, 17, good at defense and offense. Amazing player.

CAM - Adryan, 17, perhaps the best player in the game. Just get him

 

Like all the defenders, these 3 guys have amazing physical attributes. Adryan managed to reach 95 at the age of 24 in a previous career. Strong, fast, dribbler, strong weak foot, long shots, passing. He's not just a beast, he's THE beast. The other two I haven't tried that much yet but they're doing really well 2 seasons in.

 

RW - M. Depay, 17, insanely fast dribbler with good stats overall

LW - Lucas, 19, currently 91 OVR at 21 years of age. enough said.

ST - El Shaarawy, 19... Just.. WOW!

 

Depay is probably the least impressive of the 3 but only because the other 2 are quite frankly Overpowered! That being said, he does amazing as a right winger and outruns almost anyone at the age of 20 and he can finish aswell. Even from a distance. And with both feed. Lucas is almost maxed in acceleration, sprint speed, agility and dribling at the age of 22 and has over 90 in long shots and shot power. El Shaarawy I used in another career. Reached 93 at the age of 25 or 26 with over 95 in speed and 80-95 in all other physical attributes. Over 90 in ball control, dribbling, shot power, curve, finishing and pretty much every other good attacking stat. Even reached 87 free kick accuracy.

 

So that's the team. Sorry for all the text, I actually kept it short. There's so much more to be said about these guys. The beauty of this team is that you can get all the players when starting a new career. No "on loan" or "recently joined the club". And some of them are like 1.5 mil ^^

 

Also, for those who dont know: Keep the players on high form(Team Management - Squad Ranking) helps them increase further above their natural potential. Grimaldo only has a natural potential of 82 but reached 92 at the age of 23 when I kept him above 7 in form the entire time.

 

We spent 2½ hours finding these players and I wouldn't change any of them for anyone else.

 

Hope you enjoy

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Hey, I wanted to contribute to the thread since reading through all these posts has given me a sudden urge to post updates of my Career mode to :)

Anyway, I am Hannover 96 on World Class and currently coming towards the end of September in my 1st season. I think I started off with around 9 million? Don't quote me on that :p

 

Notable Transfers Out:

Schlaudraff [CF] 9,500,000

 

Transfers In:

Aguirregaray: Standard Liege [RWB] 2,100,000 + Player exchange (Can't remember)

Muriel: Udinese [sT] 2,000,000 + Player exchange (Really can't remember any players so sorry about that :/)

Mbaye: Inter [LB] Loan deal with option to purchase for 3,000,000

Vilhena: Feyenoord [CM] Loan deal with option to purchase for 1,500,000

Odjidja-Ofoe: Club Brugge [CM] 4,500,000 + player exchange

Kouyate: Anderlecht [CB] 1,600,000 + player exchange

Insigne: Napoli [CF] 6,000,000 + player exchange

 

Currently 13th out of 18th but have had a tough run of games at the start of season.

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Just a quick ''update'' about some players who are incredible in my opinion;

 

Tomas Kalas - CB

18 or 19 year old CB who in my 3rd season, is an 80 overall defender (starts out at 72), and has 85(!) Speed and 93 Strength! Seeing as his potential is 85, I'm really curious how much better he can get.

 

Niklas Barkroth - ST

Swedish striker whostarts out with 90 Acceleration, 85 Sprint Speed, 82 Balance, 70 Ball Control and 74 Dribbling, making him a very dangerous player at only 58 overall. With a potential of around 80, he'll definitely cause a lot of trouble for defenders when he's done growing.

 

Richmond Boakye - ST

Boakye, in my 3rd season, has about 90 Pace, 88 Agility, 84 Strength and 91 Reactions. He's simply great

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First off welcome to the forums will98efc.

I have both Mbaye and Muriel in my career with Anzhi Makhachkala and I'm really enjoying using both - they are both excellent players who grow to a high rating with strong stats. Hannover also have a couple of excellent CAMs who grow into very good players with regular use - the one that I remember is Deniz Aycicek who has been mentioned at length in this thread. While he can reach a 91 rating, regular play time is essential - he's been in my reserves a year or two with Anzhi and has grown very little as a result.

I'm looking to start a career in Germany so I'd be interested to hear about who else you pick up.

 

 

Kalas looks like an excellent CB who would be an ideal backup for me behind Dragovic and Nastasic (85 and 86 rated respectively) should Varane (83) demand a transfer from a lack of game time.

 

 

My team is nearing it's peak and hence I will probably be starting a new career mode soon enough. It's fun for a while after growing youth but I don't particularly enjoy using the randomly generated players and eventually my players are going to go into decline. As such this may be one of my last Anzhi updates but the strength of the side is really quite astonishing.

 

Team (4-4-1-1):

ter Stegen (89)

Parshivlyuk (84) - Dragovic (85) - Nastasic (86) - Schennikov (85)

Dzagoev (90) - Mamaev (85) - Gotze (89) - Shaqiri (90)

Neymar (89)

Traore (89)

 

Subs: Danilo (83) - Varane (83) - Pogba (84) - Hoilett (84) - Kayumov (82) - Kokorin (82) - Muriel (87)

 

As you can see my side are all highly rated players who could probably be in any first team in the world. I'm also pleased that I have maintained a Russian contingent in this team, spearheaded by my captain Dzagoev.

 

 

Name (Club) - When bought - Approx. cost (all euros):

ter Stegen (Borussia Moenchengladbach) - Season 1 - swap, 9m rated player

Parshivlyuk (Spartak Moscow) - Season 2 - 7.5m

Dragovic (FC Basel) - Season 1 - 7m

Nastasic (Man. City) - Season 2 - net spend 7m (6m + 1m rated player)

Schennikov (CSKA) - Season 3 - 8m

Dzagoev (CSKA) - Season 2 - net spend 14m (7m + 7m rated player)

Mamaev (CSKA) - Season 2 - 10m

Gotze (Dortmund) - Season 3 - swap, 31m rated player

Shaqiri (Bayern Munich) - Season 2 - 20m

Neymar (Santos) - Season 4 - net spend 26m (5m + 21m rated player)

Traore (Anzhi) - Start - n/a

 

 

I'm really happy with what I've achieved at Anzhi and would highly recommend any of these players. I also feel I should mention how impressed I've been with a few other players I've used - Willems (LB), Ewerton (CB), Kacaniklic (LM), Welbeck (CM), Shatov (CM).

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Couple of questions for you Manager Mode Experts.

 

First off, I'll say that my mission in Manager Mode is building a team. I always go for the lower league teams withe the lowest star rating and try and make them into a world power. I have had my eyes on Bristol Rovers of England's nPower League 2 since I sarted FIFA 12, (I only got to the PL and then bought FIFA 13). Now I promised myself to take the Bristol Rovers again and win not only the PL but the Champions League with them. I am currently on my second season. But FIFA 13 brought the new manager mode that includes taking over a national team and I am desperate to take on this new challange. I have had plenty of offers from different nations but I'm only interested in managing Mexico.

 

My question is, if Mexico offers me a job and I refuse (because I havent yet accomplished my personal goals with Bristol Rovers) will Mexico eventually offer me the job again? or is it a one time offer take it or leave it type deal?

 

and If I do take a job with a nation, how easily can I take my job back with Bristol Rovers again? do I need to have an offer from them or can I ask for it back after managing a nation?

 

I'm really hoping i don't have to have two carrers modes, one for club and another for NT.

 

Thank you in advance for any answers to my questions

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So I've Been Playing With Manchester United .. Season 1 Is Almost Over ..

I Sold : Darren Fletcher

I Signed : Jeremy Toulalan , Antonio Di Natale , Klaas-Jan Huntelaar And David Beckham ..

 

Beckham Was In A Pretty Good Form .. He Scored Like , 5 Goals , and Created 9 Goals ! His Overall Was 79 When I Bought Him , And When The Season Was Over , His Overall Was 82 !

Toulalan Played Very Well , Too .. He Scored 2 Goals , And Created 6 Goals !

But Huntelaar , He Only Scored 1 Goal , and He Created 2 Goals .. He Was Failure !

* * * * * * * * *

If You're Looking For Young Player with High Potential , I'd Recommend Nick Powell & Alex Buttner .. Powell Is A Middlefielder And Buttner Is Defender .. They Started The Season With Overall Of 69 And 68 .. I Tried To Involve Them In Every Game .. At The End Of Season 1 , Powell's Overall Was 71 And Buttner's Was 79 ! Powell Scored 8 Goals And Created 13 Goals .. ! Buttner Scored 4 Goals And Created 8 Goals .. !

I Sold Patrice Evra , And Now Buttner Is In The First Team Squad !

 

 

 

 

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Couple of questions for you Manager Mode Experts.

 

First off, I'll say that my mission in Manager Mode is building a team. I always go for the lower league teams withe the lowest star rating and try and make them into a world power. I have had my eyes on Bristol Rovers of England's nPower League 2 since I sarted FIFA 12, (I only got to the PL and then bought FIFA 13). Now I promised myself to take the Bristol Rovers again and win not only the PL but the Champions League with them. I am currently on my second season. But FIFA 13 brought the new manager mode that includes taking over a national team and I am desperate to take on this new challange. I have had plenty of offers from different nations but I'm only interested in managing Mexico.

 

My question is, if Mexico offers me a job and I refuse (because I havent yet accomplished my personal goals with Bristol Rovers) will Mexico eventually offer me the job again? or is it a one time offer take it or leave it type deal?

 

and If I do take a job with a nation, how easily can I take my job back with Bristol Rovers again? do I need to have an offer from them or can I ask for it back after managing a nation?

 

I'm really hoping i don't have to have two carrers modes, one for club and another for NT.

 

Thank you in advance for any answers to my questions

 

Hi PP15, you do not need to worry about having separate career modes as you take an international role alongside your club job, so you will run both at the same time. You'll notice that there are various international breaks and these are when you play your international games - hence your two jobs should never overlap.

Therefore you should never have to reject the Mexico job if that's what you want - you can take it and stay as Bristol Rovers manager. It's important to remember though that it might take a while for Mexico to offer you the job however, as the better countries often require you to be a prestigious manager.

 

So I've Been Playing With Manchester United .. Season 1 Is Almost Over ..

I Sold : Darren Fletcher

I Signed : Jeremy Toulalan , Antonio Di Natale , Klaas-Jan Huntelaar And David Beckham ..

 

Beckham Was In A Pretty Good Form .. He Scored Like , 5 Goals , and Created 9 Goals ! His Overall Was 79 When I Bought Him , And When The Season Was Over , His Overall Was 82 !

Toulalan Played Very Well , Too .. He Scored 2 Goals , And Created 6 Goals !

But Huntelaar , He Only Scored 1 Goal , and He Created 2 Goals .. He Was Failure !

* * * * * * * * *

If You're Looking For Young Player with High Potential , I'd Recommend Nick Powell & Alex Buttner .. Powell Is A Middlefielder And Buttner Is Defender .. They Started The Season With Overall Of 69 And 68 .. I Tried To Involve Them In Every Game .. At The End Of Season 1 , Powell's Overall Was 71 And Buttner's Was 79 ! Powell Scored 8 Goals And Created 13 Goals .. ! Buttner Scored 4 Goals And Created 8 Goals .. !

I Sold Patrice Evra , And Now Buttner Is In The First Team Squad !

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the forums Golabious and thanks for your recommendations. I've always enjoyed buying Beckham as at least a squad member, as he is a very useful player with plenty of good stats. That is astonishing growth from Buttner, I don't think I've seen anyone rise by a rating of 10+.

If you feel like replacing Huntelaar at the end of the season, I would highly recommend Luis Muriel of Udinese, as he is an excellent finisher who grows very well. Alternatively I would suggest Lacina Traore of A. Makhachkala, Seydou Doumbia of CSKA Moscow and Marco Reus or Robert Lewankdowski of Borussia Dortmund.

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