who's your oldest player in your team? - FMFormation.net - Football Manager

Pandev · 13-07-08, 11:21 AM

who's you oldest player in the team and at what age?

mine is Mike he is a coach and a player for me , he is 49 years old .

I got screenshots of him ask me if you interested.

soulzNUFC · 13-07-08, 11:26 AM

WOW 49!!!
can I see the screenshot mate?
What team are you?

Pandev · 13-07-08, 02:16 PM

Arsenal , there you go mate

barosanu · 13-07-08, 06:40 PM

at cm03/04 i found a player of age 54

**Hartynips** · 13-07-08, 10:54 PM

currently Jiri Jarosik at 33....old! Not!

adamjigey · 14-07-08, 06:44 AM

um David James aged 40 or sommat like that lol, but that arsenal reserves player actually quite good

**Jonners71** · 14-07-08, 07:52 AM

Championship Manager used to be great for this - I had Del Piero at Liverpool. He kept saying he was going to retire so I'd buy ready replacements, then he'd keep going. He was still scoring goals at 45 although if you left him out there for 90 mins his condition dropped to about 30%.

ratezione · 14-07-08, 08:21 AM

@pandev

incredible. accelaration 1 !! magnificent.
i had paolo maldini 41years old.

ratezione · 14-07-08, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonners71

Championship Manager used to be great for this - I had Del Piero at Liverpool. He kept saying he was going to retire so I'd buy ready replacements, then he'd keep going. He was still scoring goals at 45 although if you left him out there for 90 mins his condition dropped to about 30%.

wow, del piero in 45. is his finish value 20?

**liveru** · 14-07-08, 04:59 PM

I've got a few save games currently on the go. The oldest player for each one is,

Zenit 2008: Olexandr Gorshkov (38).
Newcastle 2014: Chris Kirkland (33).
England 2010: Rio Ferdinand (31).
Everton 2009: Phil Neville (32).
England 2015: Nigel Reo-Coker (31).
Ipswich 2008: Alan Lee (29).

So not overly old as you can see. I tend to get rid of players when they reach 30 anyway, unless I think I can use them.

**Jonners71** · 14-07-08, 06:33 PM

No mercy from the Ru! Hit 30 and it's the lower leagues for you lol....

**liveru** · 14-07-08, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonners71

No mercy from the Ru! Hit 30 and it's the lower leagues for you lol....

My mate called me ruthless because as soon as Gerrard hit 30 on our online game, he was gone. The same with Jamie Carragher and Sami Hyypia was gone in the first transfer window, lol.

JohnnySCFC · 15-07-08, 07:10 PM

I have a young villa squad, but i decided to by louis saha for 1.5million on deadline day, he went on to score 26 goals, and wasnt a regular starter :D

Pandev · 25-07-08, 11:29 AM

guys jsut go on manager and player search and customise and go on options , click on age and use wteva age you wanto .

it shows whos the oldest player on fm

BirdyFC · 25-07-08, 12:01 PM

I'm a bit like Ru, and when they hit 30 they're normally out of the door or into the reserves.

I do have some exceptions but 31 is as about as old as they get before they're replaced. That's normally because I'm getting promoted and need better players.

**Bowser** · 25-07-08, 12:04 PM

Oldest guy in my game is 55, called Alan Graecy

Seth7724 · 27-07-08, 06:10 PM

I never let players over 30 frequent in my first team. I do get them if they are experienced though (senna diop etc) as I use them as tutors.

at the moment, oldest is 36, oldest that plays is 29, (marius niculae)

Redhawk · 27-07-08, 11:42 PM

Virtually all the playerss I brought in for Pro Vercelli in 2007 were over 33 LOL. Vitaliano Bonnucelli led the line for me at the grand old age of 39! Scored 15 goals too! Think I had D'Agostino 23, Novembre and Petribiasi on loan who were 20. The rest were all at least 32 if I recall correctly (aside from Nardi, he was 29). Esposito top assisted from the left wing at 35! :)

Bear in mind Pandev's game is an edit ;)

Fo me it depends what type of player they are when it comes to deciding to move them on after 30 or not - I 've found young players less and less effective as FM has evolved. My silly Tottenham team of FM2006 (which won 4 CLs in 5 years - and 6 Premierships in 7), were quite young - average age 23/4. But I've noticed FM has balanced out the experience advantage older players have. So now, especially if they are a 'passer' or 'leader' they stay until they can't meet the acceptable standard. Of course if they rely on their pace to see them though, they're straight out the door while I can still get a good price, eg Rodrigo Palacio.

Wednesdayboy · 30-07-08, 03:04 PM

There was a glitch on CM4 where a player didn't retire as long as his contract had over 1 year left on it and I ended up with David Beckham at the age of 45+ and he was still there, for some reason he was still challenging for places even though I was in the premiership, he was a bench warmer but at 45+ he was good.

FMacd · 31-07-08, 12:20 PM

Good Old David Weir 38 For Rangers Shame That He Starts In Reserves