Football Manager 2009 demo

Anyone tried it yet?

http://www.gameshadowbeta.com/fm2009/strawberry/index.asp

 

yes its great - took a while to get it working with my Vista 64bit but now its sorted some great improvements.

heres what i like and dont like

+ pre match and post match conference - i think this is great and makes everything feel a bit more realistic

+ and - 3d match good idea but its buggy at the moment with about 5 or 6 instances of stuttering per game and not that good looking but its a start

- pompey having no transfer money??? whats that all about

i might do a bit more in depth review of it and review the final game when i get it

 

because they have no money in real life?
redknapp said when he left they would have to sell in the transfer window but they might not have to now due to the 5m compensation spurs paid out.

 

thats only just happened it should affect how much they have in the game, and becuase harry said that they have no money it means its true?

but i was able to get like 11million by adjusting the wages and transfer budget.

 

need a new gfx card first

 

what? im sure a 8800m GTX should be enough

 

Thats about as real life as it can get

 

im going to ignore this, i find it funny that coz our ex manager says we have no money that everyone believes him - after him saying that pompey is going to be his last job, can you trust what he says the simple answer is NO

anyway back to the game, the management side of the game is good
however the match side of it is very weak and very unrealistic - im hoping this is becuase it the demo but for some reason the players find it impossible to pass to to players that are stood right next to them (literally) and are unable to get any shots on target and often cant get anywhere near the opponents goal - this was when i was playing as Man u and playing against Bournmouth - very poor before playing this demo i couldnt wait for the game after playing it i am very tempted not to get it as the match gameplay is very poor

 

Have you all run into injury problems? My players seemed to be injured in every single match, so frustrating.

 

Poor pompeys. You got your buts kicked by Braga. Wonder if they have a better team in FM too?

 

no none of my players have been injured yet, but i know that when i get one injury i will strt getting loads that or once the transfer window cloes then ill start getting injuries in every game

@ Gaugamela

did you watch the game? the ref was poor and the bragga players were going down if they had the legs hacked at with a chainsaw - every unsporting but i guess thats football nowadays any way to get an advantage for your team

 

an update: im loving it, cant wait for the full game
i just beat Spurs 5 - 1

this is my transfer history:

Players In, Team, Price:

Marcelo, Real Madrid, £4.4million
Martin Caceres, Barcelona, Loan
Lautaro Acosta, Sevilla, Loan
Jeremy Bokila, AGOVV, Free
Mario Balotelli, Inter Milan, Loan
Jozy Altidore, Villarreal, 4.3million

Players Out, Team, Price
Djimi Traore, Reading, £2.5million
Sylvain Distin, Spurs, 13million

im loving the game at the moment, you have to be very careful what you say in interviews as it can make players perform better or worse depending on what is said

the more i watch matches i begin to like the 3d match engine a bit more. only disappointment is stuttering and errors that happen which are unrealistic (such as players failing to pass to players stood next to them)