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I was just wondering what people look for when recruiting new staff and what responsibilities they allow them to have. I am a long-time player of the FM (and CM series) but I don't feel I've ever taken full advantage of my staff. Some examples I would have where I've given them roles but I don't feel it has paid off: Director of Football - Recruiting players (mainly u23). Most players are very average and are never likely to play in my first team. Technical Director - Recruitment of staff but again they seem to recruit very average staff and when contracts run out, weaken my backroom staff. Head of Youth Development - Find loan deals and individual training for those below the first team but again I don't notice anything major improvement-wise. Now, am I not utilising my staff for the proper responsibilities or are some of these positions simply not required and I could save my clubs on my saving money? How do you set up your backroom staff and what responsibilities do you give them?

Ill be honest, by the time he was fit, i had a settled centre back partnership so sold him as soon as someone matched what we paid for him. I dont know if its this years FM but it seems to be that the ratings on CB's are a little harsh anyway. Prime example, a striker scores 3 and misses 10 chances and gets a rating of 10. A CB scores 3 from 3, gets a clean sheet and only gets a 9.2

Season 2 Decent season but a drop off in players originally at the club that i put faith in. I changed my formation to a 4-2-3-1 in the final third of the season and started to see a little more consistency. I ended up bringing in more players than i would have liked also. As I approach season 3, it really has to be about adding quality and building on an already impressive youth setup. Competitions Premier League League Cup: Winners vs Crystal Palace (4-0) FA Cup: Quater Final loss vs Liverpool (0-1) Champions League: Final loss vs Liverpool (pens) Transfers IN Luke Thomas (Leicester) £28.5m (£33.5m) Youssofa Moukoko (Dortmund) £46.5m Telmo Arcanjo (TND) Free Josip Sutalo (Dinamo) £13m (15m) Pierluigi Gollini (Atalanta) Free Aster Vranckx (Wolfsburg) £10m (13m) ~ January ~ Dominic Calvert-Lewis (Everton) £28m Issahaku Abdul Fatawu (Sporting) £1m (£4.4m) Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) £30m Serginho Dest (Barcelona) £10.75m (£14m) Out (Major transfers only) Wesley (Torino) £4.1m Leon Bailey (Mainz) £23m Diego Carlos (Everton) £18.75m Bertrand Traore (Everton) £8.5m ~ January ~ Pascal Gross (Rennes) £1.6m Matty Cash (Celtic) £15.5m Ezri Konsa (Stoke) £16m Special Mentions - Youth players starting to step up. Kaine Kesler Hayden (30 appearances), Ronnie Edwards (10 appearances), Jaden Philogene-Bidance (19 appearances), Kerr Smith (10 appearances). - Emi Buendia finished the season with 20 assists to his name. - Moukoko with 27 goals in all competitions.

Interesting point this. I will post another update at the end of season 2 but i am finding this season consistency is proving a major issue. I go from smashing Villereal 5-1 in the Champions League to struggling to draw against a Norwich side destined for relegation.

I have also finished my first season with Villa. Pleasantly happy and slightly disappointed that the season finished with no silverware. I played with a 4-1-2-2-1 formation on Balanced setting for most the season. Occasionally i would change the mentality to positive. Competitions Premier League League Cup: Quarter Final loss to Liverpool (2-3) FA Cup: Final loss to Liverpool (3-0) Transfers IN Martin Baturina (Dinamo) £4.7m (£7.25m) Andreas Schjelderup (Nordsjaelland) £4.7m (£8.5m) Caleb Okoli (Atlanta) £25m (£30m) Donny van de Beek (Man Utd) £19.5m Ronnie Edwards (Peterborough) £3.7m -- January -- Youssoufa Moukoko (Dortmund) Loan Talles Magno (NYCFC) £5m (£7.5m) Anton Stach (Mainz) £19.25m Pascal Gross (Brighton) £3.5m Out (Loads of youth loans and sales so listed are major deals) Morgan Sanson (Crystal Palace) £11.25m Frederik Guilbert (Brighton) £6.5m Marvelous Nakamba (Brighton) £25m -- January -- Phillipe Coutinho (Inter) £22.5m Leander Dendonker (West Ham) £13m Special Mentions Ollie Watkins who finished the season with 38 goals (33 in the EPL). Emi Martinez finished the season with 24 clean sheets New signings Talles Magno, Caleb Okoli and Andreas Schjelderup all had very good first seasons and have a very bright future ahead of them Aim during the season is to shift some of the expensive deadwood at the club. I dont plan to make too many additions and i will only sign anyone if they improve my starting XI.

Had to restart game due to new laptop. New update below. (Feel free to delete this post admins)