Anyone having/had success with Monaco?

[Brimick87]

Have any of you had success managing Monaco? I realize the budget is very high and the players very talented but it seems like because there's so many new signings already on the team you're fired before they gel.

The buy high-profile profiles philosophy is also hard to keep up with. Because while the squad is talented, the defense requires improvements which costs money and they're aren't a lot of high-profile players willing to join the club. (Costa can be bought fairly easily, but that wastes the whole budget and it's only one player which isn't enough at all to satisfy the board.) Any suggestions on high profile players I can bring in to satisfy the board?

On the tactic front I've tried Arturo and MrHLocksmithTweak, which are great tactics but don't seem to do the trick. So I'm also wondering what people think I should be looking at there. Is it better to go with a more rigid setup when the team itself hasn't yet gelled at all?

 

[Dalnath]

I haven't played with them, but maybe you could try focusing the training on team cohesion in the pre season? I often do that when I have a bunch of new signings on a team. Also, while the high-profile signings philosophy isn't ideal, as long as you do well in competitions, then you don't need to worry too much about following it.

 

[MANUMAD]

Ive read somewhere that you cant get fired in FM simply because you dont follow the philosophies set.

 

[mdmdmd123]

i've tried monaco, did a 433 with 3 false 9s 1 AP 1 BBM & a regista, just put very high on training so they got used to my tactic, falcao got injured in november so my backup mitrovic from anderlecht stormed to the top of the goalscoring charts, & I won the league. Be careful if you pick monaco though, the financial fairplay is annoying, & after like 2/3 seasons you can get in trouble if you don't win big (income)