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forgotto say IMO Henry is the best player in CM 03-04. I played with Man Utd, and approched im in zhe first half-season. In my next seasons he was scoring like crazy. So my suggestion, extend his contract immediately!

Was it 03-04 when lots of the lower league clubs had amazing players??? I remember Mark Smith of Bristol Rovers went on to be one of the best centre halfs in the game. The other one at Bristol Rovers was Jellyman. Just thought of Dean Keates too but cant remember which club he was at!

I had a very enjoyable save on 03/04 with Bolton. Kevin Nolan was eventually added to my favoured personnel list and I was added to his. We won the league twice and got to two CL finals. It was the last CM/FM, imo, that was genuinely pick up and play. That's not to say that I don't think things have improved, but despite it's flaws, it was just a nice, fun game.

Lionel Morgan gets class from Wimbledon, Wimbledon go into receivership soon into game so you can get him cheap, Also Nigel Reo-Coker from Wimbledon is also a bargin buy. David Bellion and Richie Partridge 2 right wingers you can get on loan at the start of the game from Man Utd and Liverpool they both become class.

This was the original champ manager 3, mark smith was amazing, but also jamie shore & trevor challis from bristol rovers too. Dean keates was indeed awesome, im thinking rightly or wrongly walsall in that game? I did love CM3 but having gone back to it not so long ago it does feel a little 'dated' nowadays....

CM 03/04 however is still my fave...! Lots of good players, but being arsenal you should have some cash so diego (now of juve fame) from santos is a good bet (although if robinho isn't there he may also not be), someone's already mentioned cavenaghi & kallstrom, pazzini from atalanta scores goals for fun and jerome rothen is a good performance/cost left winger. Bruno gama as a rw is worth a look, as is steven taylor from newcastle (usually leaves ona free at eofs) and mexes (usually xfers within first few weeks of a new game for 3-4m). Keepers i'd look at stekelenburg, wiese or frey. Lastly, seems a bit hit and miss but anthony le tallec from liverpool can be a bargain in some games and cack in others. Some random factors to do with his potential i expect...

Just gone back to 03/04. Blackpool in old division 2. Played 12 won 3 drawn 6 lost 3. Fully expect long hard first season possibly with relegation struggle. But already I am getting small reponses/improvements from my players. And as a supposed football manager, I really do think I will live or die by the way I perform whilst playing the game. Sure, I miss the features of 07/08/09. I miss the lack of 'things to do' between matches. But its only now that I have gone back to it that I remember just how good the ME was. Sure you can still lose in the last minute of a match you should have easily won but it's not 12 times in 13 consecutive matches as you get in the more recent versions. The lack of interaction features with players and press means you have to spend more time scouting and building for the future. And even when you lose, you don't get the impression that it's all part of a plan to destroy your confidence and any enjoyment you may have from the game. IMO Football Manager has become Football Coach in the last few versions and the impact of your decisions is neglible. I originally played 03/04 for over three years, watching every game fully and loved every minute (Accrington,England,Blackburn).It felt much much closer to reality than anything in recent versions which have all been about micro tactics. I am looking forward to a long and successful re-union with my old friend 03/04 !!

Oh my word! A CM 03/04 thread and Alessio Cerci mentioned only once. He's 15 at the start of the game, you can sign with a compensation of around 1M and he's probably the best player in the game. Using the diablo tactic he scored 128 in his first season, at 15, then 16 years old.

I tried it again not all that long ago and it was still painfully slow, even on my current machine I've seen there's a program you can download to make it quicker so I'll give that a shot. I probably rate this above 01/02 and 07 as the best in the series.

Who would have thought that one of the best games you could be playing on the PC was a text-based soccer management simulation? It's true. Championship Manager 03/04 offers a rewarding and addictive experience that can ensnare even those who aren't currently soccer fans.

The Championship Manager franchise has long been the gold standard against which all text sports sims have been measured. And for good reason. No other sports sim of any type offers you the breadth and depth of interactions and decisions that you can experience in CM 03/04. Every facet of life as a sports manager is simulated here--from trying to select the right combination of players who (through some magic of synergy) come together to form a powerful team, to dealing with a board that demands success while holding the purse strings tightly, to having to react to the fickle media and fans. Therein lies the secret of the addictive nature of the game. CM 03/04 is a superior sports sim, but it's also an outstanding role-playing experience.

On the surface, CM 03/04 sounds like any other text-based sports sim. You select a team to manage, evaluate your existing talent, set your roster, establish a training routine, make some tactical decisions on how your team will play, look for new talent to add to the team and decide which existing players to sell, and then you go on to play matches. The unmatched depth of CM 03/04 becomes obvious with your first game decision. Selecting a team allows you to choose from 43 nations, each with several levels of competition from which to choose (sadly, due to licensing issues, Major League Soccer is unavailable).

You can start with a world-class team, with millions of dollars at your disposal, like Manchester United or Real Madrid, or you can start with a poor team that's playing in a lower league. This choice is more than cosmetic because it provides you with significantly different types of games. A world-class club allows you to vie for the top multimillion-dollar-salaried international superstars (as well as their egos), in addition to all of the demands and expectations of soccer at this rarified level. On the other hand, selecting a lower-league team will force you to deal with a tiny budget, poor facilities, and players who either aren't very talented or, if they do blossom, will surely be snapped up by higher-league clubs. Both are extremely enjoyable types of games. Start at the top, and play in the international competitions and cups; perhaps you'll then get selected to manage your national team. Or you can start at the bottom, and see if you can take your team up the ladder by eventually moving your once-weak, poor team into the upper leagues, along with the accompanying higher stature and money. You may even develop a reputation that results in your being offered a management job at a higher-prestige club.

Once you have a team, you'll need to assess your squad's players and staff. Players are described, via numeric scores, by a wide variety of attributes. While this may sound a bit like a spreadsheet, the attributes are numerous enough and varied enough to give you a good feel for a player's style. For example, one player may be an obviously strong, aggressive brute who's slow but skilled, while another player may be incredibly agile and fast--and fully capable of skipping past defenders and making amazing moves--but slow to put the ball in the net. Lest you think that assessing players is simply a matter of choosing the one with the best numbers, be aware that there are many hidden attributes that only become obvious by observing a player's performance. Players also have text descriptors, such as favorite players and coaches, major and minor concerns, and more.

All of this comes together in a way that makes each player feel three-dimensional and individualistic. You'll quickly discover players who are the solid backbone of your team. They never complain; they give their all on the pitch; and they're loyal and proud to be playing for you and your team. Others will be highly talented prima donnas who constantly whine and want more money, consequently pouting and playing poorly if they disagree with some decisions that you've made. You'll develop favorite players, and you'll decide that other players aren't worth the maintenance. The highly developed player personalities are one key to what makes CM 03/04 great. You spend much of the game interacting with your players and making decisions that have a major impact on players' attitudes and performances. For example, if a player gets sent off in a game or has a string of subpar performances, you have choices in how to deal with the situation. Should you fine the player? Should you criticize the player in the media? A professional player may respond with a renewed desire to prove himself, while a hothead may decide that he now hates you and will then demand to be sold.

Interestingly, there's no simple formula. For instance, another emotional player may respond to criticism by giving 110 percent, just to prove to you and the media that you're wrong. All of this can result in some complex situations. In one game, we disciplined a key player, and he told the media that he thought the team would never achieve its goals with the current manager. He then demanded to be sold. When we sold him, three other key players on the team--who were his good friends--became unhappy with us. The next thing we knew, we were facing a team revolt. Subsequently, the fans and the media demanded our heads, which the board gladly delivered on a platter as we were fired. That's the type of multidimensional interactions that are at the heart of CM 03/04.

The biggest change in the history of the Championship Manager franchise came with the introduction of a 2D, top-down graphical view of the match, which was introduced in last year's CM4. Previously, all action during a match was displayed in a radio-style text commentary. The good news is that the top-down view worked pretty well in CM4. The great news is that the 2D match display is outstanding in CM 03/04. Screenshots don't do justice in describing how effectively the match display portrays both how and why your team is performing as it is (as well as clearly showing you how each player is performing). Improvements over the CM4 display include various little touches, like visual indications of the pitch condition, offsides flags, and generally smoother and more realistic action. Meanwhile, while sound isn't a significant factor in text-based career sports sims (and, indeed, there is literally no sound at all in most of CM 03/04), the matches are accompanied with all of the jeers, cheers, chants, whistles, and other sounds you'd expect if sitting in the stands at Old Trafford.

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