Post all the good players and coaches you discover here and together we can compile a list of good buys. I'll sort out the players and coaches according to their respective positions and jobs.

Strictly no use or mention of FM Genie please.

Link to download FM08 Demo:

http://fm08.footballmanager.net/en/article/101/1682.html

This post has been edited by Soulsareworthless: Oct 5 2007, 06:23 PM

A rough list of good and relatively cheap young players with potential:

Goalkeepers:

Oscar Alfredo Ustari (Getafe)
Gianluca Curci (A.S. Roma)

Defenders:

Anthony Vanden Borre (Fiorentina)
Gareth Frank Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)
Vincent Kompany (Hamburger)
Micah Lincoln Richards (Manchester City)
Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior (Real Madrid)
Ezequiel Garay (Real Racing Club de Santander)
Breno (Sao Paulo)
Andrea Barzagli (Palermo)
Martín Cáceres (Villarreal)
Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen) - Contributed by Imdarren
Gerard Piqué Bernabeu (Manchester United) - Contributed by Imdarren

Midfielders:

Hatem Ben Arfa (Olympique Lyonnais)
Samir Nasri (Marseille)
Denílson Pereira Neves (Arsenal)
Theo James Walcott (Arsenal)
Fernando Rubén Gago (Real Madrid)
Royston Ricky Drenthe (Real Madrid)
Gnegneri Yaya Touré (Barcelona)
Diego Ribas da Cunha (Werder Bremen)
Augusto Matías Fernández (River Plate)
David Josué Jiménez Silva (Valencia)
Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha aka Nani (Manchester United)
Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira (Manchester United)
Daniele De Rossi (A.S. Roma)
Luka Modrić (NK Dinamo Zagreb)
Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso (Sporting Clube de Portugal)
Philippe Coutinho (Vasco da Gama)
Stelvio (Braga)
Lucas Pezzini Leiva (Liverpool) - Contributed by HumpMeGently
Javier Martínez Aguinaga (Athletic Bilbao) - Contributed by HumpMeGently
Jérémy Menez (AS Monaco) - Contributed by sickx

Forwards:

Giovani dos Santos (Barcelona)
Bojan Krkić (Barcelona)
Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido (Arsenal; on loan at Osasuna)
Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal)
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Ajax)
Alexandre Pato (AC Milan)
Sergio Leonel Agüero (Atlético de Madrid)
Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín (Real Madrid)
Stevan Jovetić (Partizan)
Henri Saivet (Girondins de Bordeaux) - Contributed by HumpMeGently
Goran Pandev (Lazio) - Contributed by kobe8byrant
Giampaolo Pazzini (Fiorentina) - Contributed by Imdarren

Last updated: 4th October 2007

More updates soon. I will soon group the players according to their specific positions.

This post has been edited by Soulsareworthless: Nov 21 2007, 09:53 PM

Good coaches:

Inter Milan and AC Milan coaches were great in FM07. Almost all good coaches in FM07 were plying their trade in the Serie A, let's see if there's any difference in FM08.

Haven't scouted for any yet, anyone has done so?


Possible bugs:

1. Defenders won't close down opposition strikers even when closing down is set to 'always'.
2. Goalkeepers keep kicking the ball upfield even though distribution is set to 'defender collect'.

This post has been edited by Soulsareworthless: Oct 5 2007, 06:03 PM

Where you get all your info from? Sauce please. Remember, their stats might be good in FM 07 but maybe not in FM 08.

Well, until the demo is out...I don't think this thread is useful yet...

It's only 3 days away. The list will be shortened once the demo is out. In the meantime you guys can post about players you've read about that have potential in real life news items, after all, FM mirrors the real footballing world.

fm genie means wat??huuhuhu....

It's a cheat program which reveals the hidden stats of players in FM. Stats such as current ability and potential ability.

Check on Matias Quintana and

GOD DAMN WANG DALEI!!!

Club and position?

i've tried the demo...

check on jeremy menez(monaco) and leto(liverpool)

Wang Dalei - Dalian I think, but its a chinese based club.
Matias Quintana - Some argie club, I can't recall, I'll update the info once I obtain the demo.

Anyhoo, the thread topic should remain FM2k8 players and coaches thread.

I agree that no Genie should be mentioned. Spoils the fun for some of us.

I've bought Samir Nasri and Micah Richards, will rate them soon.

I am using Manchester United. Can't buy Richards. Awesome game but is it just me or does every game have a "disallowed goal"

Check out Goran Pandev and Marseille's Nigerian LB. Bought them both. Doing so-so for me. Ryan Taylor's also not bad. Scholes is pathetic. Must sell him soon. Pique and Gibson are my first choice midfield (sold Fletcher and Scholes, Carrick, Hargreaves out and Anderson can't play CM but only CAM) and they pwn-ed Chelsea 4-3

I've played 10 matches so far including friendlies, Samir Nasri has been fantastic (considering I threw him into the starting line up 3 days after he joined, he's been there ever since ) and consistent. He and Sneijder make a great midfield combo for me. I've only used Richards sparingly so far.

How do I complain to international managers if they use my players longer than 45 minutes? Dunga used Robinho for 88 minutes till he was totally worn out even though I gave him 45 minutes instructions.

the budget adjustment feature is a really neat. i can decrease my wage budget to increase my transfer budget! got aguero after exchanged some wage budget for some transfer money, since all milan's striker are all slow and pretty hopeless.. damn i wish pato can play..

Nasri or Downing for Manchester United?

How's Aguero? Should be one of the top youngsters in the game.


Nasri cost me 25 mil Euros so it'll depend on your budget. He definitely worth that much.

Man those youngsters are costing a bomb! But I love to watch those bulats playing.. their movements are just exactly like the real players on pitch in this fm. cun