Shifty*i Messes Around at FM

[Mus]

Maybe he's as good at marketing as Beckham

 

[ShiftyPowers]

 

[Filipower]

Goal stats? He must bag 'em like crazy.

 

[Bobby]

20 finishing and 18 pace? Arousing.

 

[yoyo913]

Prime Shevchenko.

But Shifty's point still stands.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

My scouts noticed him about 2 days after he signed for Zenit on that free transfer. I was after him for like 4 years; their demands have always been outrageous.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

So anyway, I won my first CL title with Southampton in 2024. I had great players for several years and finished runner up in 2020, but I've been really letting myself down with the tactics in this game pretty much the entire time. So I went to the SI Games forum and found a downloadable tactic Now I win.

Southampton's youth system is pretty great, but here is the crown jewel. I make fun of Zenit for not selling, but I've had similar offers from PSG and Real Madrid for this guy and told them to fuck off. Of course I think that's totally understandable, I think Josh Gratton is the best striker I've ever had on FM, certainly the best one I've ever developed from my own youth system. He is from Southampton.

 

[Filipower]

Dat physical!

 

[yoyo913]

Pfft only 14 Technique.

 

[Mandieta6]

Pfft only 14 Technique.

Oh good, I didn't want to be a dick. Heading, Anticipation and Work Rate are kind of lacking, too. Not sure I'd sign.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Okay guys... he has no weaknesses. Even if you don't trust him for some reason, he has the ideal attributes to be a poacher.

 

[Bobby]

Even his emergency GK rating is decent

 

[Mandieta6]

You should sell.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

I started a game for fun with Arsenal. Can't figure out how to play Ramsey and Wilshere together, neither are really defensive enough. I've tried using Ramsey as more of a DLP kind of player, but it's not a great solution. In real life I'd use Ramsey as a box-to-box, but Wilshere is the better player in FM, so my hand is kind of forced.

 

[yoyo913]

Wilshere is the ideal offensive MC in FM.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Yeah, I really have no choice but to build my team around him.

 

[Bobby]

Are you playing Santi wide or not playing him at all?

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Not really at all, I'm using him as a backup, but he has got games. I use an attacking midfield of Ox-Ozil-Walcott with Poldi the first off the bench if one of the wingers comes off.

Kos just scored a bicycle kick goal against Chelsea

 

[Mus]

I was thinking of trying the MLS for the first time, can you give me a quick rundown on how it works?

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Hahahaha, Bobby is your guy there, I hate MLS.

I stripped Vermaelen of the captaincy and gave it to Per