CM4 competition thread

[Rhye]

For those you you who have Championship Manager 4, here's something to do:

attach here a screenshot of a document (I use excel in this case) where there's written for each season you've played:
Team
Division
Position at beginning
Final position
Points
Other competitions

This list should be updated when a new season is completed

 

[Rhye]

I'll show mine:

 

[Dell19]

Nice idea but I will have to find out all my points totals and the exact positions for Cheltenham.

 

[Suppersalmon]

Shouldnt this be in all other games ill see what i can find

 

[Dell19]

It belongs in both forums

Man UTD:
02/03, Man UTD, Eng, Prem, 1st- Champions (86), CL winner FA winner
03/04, Man UTD, Eng, Prem, 1st- Champions (92), LC winner
04/05, Man UTD, Eng, Prem, 2nd- Runner Up (85), CL winner

Cheltenham:
02/03, Cheltenham, Eng, Div2, 15th (57)
03/04, Cheltenham, Eng, Div2, 19th (55)
04/05, Cheltenham, Eng, Div2, 9th (70)

 

[Shabbaman]

So far...

Second round Champions League with Feyenoord, just beaten ManU with 4-3. Next game on wednesday, only to find that 3/4 of my squad has been called up for ínternational duty'... bah!

 

[Rhye]

Originally posted by Shabbaman
So far...

Second round Champions League with Feyenoord, just beaten ManU with 4-3. Next game on wednesday, only to find that 3/4 of my squad has been called up for ínternational duty'... bah!

The patch 4.0.5 (EP3) corrects this bug

 

[MCdread]

I haven't played CM for 3 or 4 years. But reading this thread ans also the other one in the All other games forum may trigger some desire to start playing it again...

 

[jack merchant]

I haven't picked up CM4 yet ( didn't like the demo) but almost feel compelled to pick up my FC Twente save of CM01-02 in 2013, after 7 consecutive domestic championships, the Champion's League, European Supercup and the UEFA cup ........

 

[Rhye]

Jack, I didn't like the demo, too. But I love the complete game

The demo was slow, full of bugs and had an IMO ugly interface.
Now with patch 4.0.5 many of the bugs are fixed, interface is customizable and there are some settings that allow the game to go much faster

 

[Shabbaman]

Originally posted by Rhye


The patch 4.0.5 (EP3) corrects this bug

Then it might be worth it to download that. Anyway, there's another CM4 thread in 'other games', you should check that one out since that's a lot more alive then this one.

 

[Dell19]

I was expecting more people to post their results but perhaps it would be sensible to just use the other thread as there doesn't seem to be enough demand to support two CM threads.

 

[Shabbaman]

That thread is located here.

 

[Rhye]

That thread is called "I'm looking for a soccer management game", and it speaks of various games, including CM4. But no career results.

I'll post a link there to this thread, showing where to post results for each season for only CM4

 

[Dell19]

The threads could still be merged together as the other thread allows more discussion whilst this thread would potentially be a thread just for recording progress without comments.

 

[willemvanoranje]

I'll get my CM4 career results asap. I just have three careers anyway: second year Barcelona, 4th year Ajax and third year Holland

 

[Dell19]

I had a season each with Torino and PSV but I would rather not remember them... Although the Torino sacking was a little unfair.

 

[willemvanoranje]

Barcelona:
02/03, Barcelona, Esp, Prim, 1st - Champions (81), 1st round CdR, CL winner
03/04, Barcelona, Esp, Prim, 1st - Champions (88), CdR winner, CL winner, SC winner, ESC winner, IC winner
04/05, Barcelona, Esp. Prim,

02/03, Barcelona B, Esp, S2B, 1st – Champions (?)
03/04, Barcelona B, Esp, S2C, 1st - Champions (94)
04/05, Barcelona B, Esp, S2D,

Spanish Championships: 2/2
Lower league Champs: 2/2
Copa del Rey: 1/2
Spanish Supercup: 1/1
Championsleague: 2/2
European Super Cup: 1/1
Intercontinental Cup: 1/1

Games played: 182
Games won: 134
Games drawn: 32
Games lost: 16

Goals scored: 431
Goals conceded: 94



Ajax:
02/03, Ajax, Ned, Ere, 1st - Champion (85), AC winner, JCS winner, CL winner
03/04, Ajax, Ned, Ere, 1st - Champion (89), AC 3rd round, JCS winner, CL QF, ESC winner, IC winner
04/05, Ajax, Ned, Ere, 1st - Champion (84)*, AC runner-up, JCS winner, CL winner
05/06, Ajax, Ned, Ere, 2nd (0-0), 3rd round AC, JCS winner, CL 1st Stage, ESC winner
GAME CORRUPTED

*championship won on goal difference, unbeaten in domestic league

Dutch Championships: 3/3
Amstel Cup: 1/3
Johan Cruyff Schaal: 4/4
Championsleague: 2/3
European Super Cup: 2/2
Intercontinental Cup: 1/1

Games played: 157
Games won: 118
Games drawn: 27
Games lost: 12

Goals scored: 361
Goals Conceded: 81



Holland
03/04, Holland, Int, EC, 1st – Champion (Ned-Deu 2-1)
04/05, Holland, Int, CC, 1st – Champion (Ned-Bra 1-0)

European Chamionships: 1/1
Confederation Cup: 1/1

Games played: 30
Games won: 25
Games drawn: 5
Games lost: 0

Goals scored: 74
Goals conceded: 10




VfB Stuttgart
02/03, VfB Stuttgart, GER, 1.Bun, 3rd (34-66), QF DFB-Pokal, 1st round IntC
03/04, VfB Stuttgart, GER, 1.Bun, 1st (4-10), 2nd Round DFB Pokal, Runner-up LC, 1st round CL

German Championships: 0/1
DFB Pokal: 0/1
German Supercup: 0/0
German League Cup: 0/1
Championsleague: 0/0
European Super Cup: 0/0
Intercontinental Cup: 0/0

Games played: 51
Games won: 29
Games drawn: 11
Games lost: 12

Goals scored: 88
Goals Conceded: 40

 

[Rhye]

Mmm.
I see that your results are far better that mine.

How could I explain that?

Possible solutions:
1) I'm a crap (but I was a good CM3 player so I shouldn't be so bad)
2) You use some strange tactic
3) You all replay games when you lose (I don't do that)
4) Managing strong teams is a lot easier (I think this is the right answer)

 

[willemvanoranje]

there's a 5th. With CM4 I play with only one league active, you can see the difference in the second season already. For the others, #4 is correct and maybe #2, I don't know. I use my own tactic I used in CM01/02, but it's very similar to 4-4-2A. The results with Barcelona B are really easy to get: you just loan a lot of good players to strengthen that team. It's really easy to win the league that way. It's the privilige of rich teams. I also want to say that Barcelona is really overrated. Kluivert and Saviola score like madmen in the game.
In CM01/02 I managed Doncaster Rovers for a couple of years, which was a little bit harder. Took me 8 seasons to get into the 1st division. In CM01/02 I ruled the world with Ajax from 2008-2021 (then the save was gone). But in the same save I had another 'manager', whith whom I brought Holland to some European and Mundial succesess, then brought Feyenoord up to the Eredivisie again, became champions with Arsenal two times in a row but got fired in my 4th season being 10th in place.....and then had to work for Heerenveen and Telstar. In the end there were 2 players of today's Ajax left. Hatem Trabelsi, at the time 42 and playing for Eindhoven. Rafael van der Vaart, 38, sub in my team....with over 160 caps