RCCook
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Days to Gain Citizenship (Spanish)
RCCook replied to phd_angel's topic in Football Manager General Discussion
Brazilians, Portuguese, and any players from former Spanish colonies can get citizenship after 2 years. Might be some others as well, but those are the ones I know from past La Liga saves. -
gegenpress - overpowered
RCCook replied to DavidWaters's topic in Football Manager General Discussion
In my current Gladbach save, I just played a friendly against a 4th-division German team. The AI made no subs, pressed heavily for the entire match, and still managed to have 7 outfield players with "fair" condition after 90 minutes. FM23 seemed to have the same issue with fatigue not affecting the AI's ability to press, and it made the game miserable at times. -
I used my real age until turning 50 a couple years ago. Now usually use an age around 40-45 for my manager.
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Does stamina affect a player's ability to press in-game? Getting really frustrated with the AI seemingly able to full-bore press for the entire match, even when my team has 65-70% possession, which should be tiring their players out from pressing us all game.
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Scout recommendations don't sort correctly
RCCook commented on RobE92's issue in Scouting, Recruitment Meetings and Squad Planner
This error seems to be back since the new update- seeing it both on the shortlist and the scouted players screens. -
My board added "sign players under 23 for the first team" as part of the club vision before the season. I've signed 5 players in the current season for the first team, 3 of whom are U23. Yet the board is "Very Disappointed." Savegame file is "FM2023- OLRC." For reference, Van Den Berg, Essugo, and Nascimento are all U23. Grbic and Nino were the other first-team signings; the other two were for the U19 team. There was another over-23 that I signed during the most recent transfer window, but it's listed with the previous season's transfers. Not sure how I'm not meeting the promise (or at least coming closer than "Very Disappointed") when a majority of my transfers are fitting the U23 criteria.
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League with lax squad rules
RCCook replied to IRONTUSK's topic in Football Manager General Discussion
Bundesliga has no EU restrictions. Spain has a limit of 3 non-EU players, but it's fairly easy to get around that limit. African players (except for Egypt & Libya) are considered EU nationals, and any players from Spanish-speaking countries or Brazil get Spanish citizenship in 2 years. -
When are you too old for FM?
RCCook replied to larsson-is-god's topic in Football Manager General Discussion
I've played numerous sports simulation games since I was a teenager, but didn't start playing FM until I was 37. Turned 51 in June, and no plans to stop playing any time soon. -
I checked the opposing manager profiles for the league, and only see one that has Gegenpress as his preferred style. What I'm seeing most often is that the AI seem to use a lower LOE and defensive line, but in conjunction with an extremely high press once my team get into the attacking third. Not sure what style that is...
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I wouldn't say I'm having problems with it- my team has won 17 of 20 so far this season, and won a quintuple the previous season. I looked at the pressing preferences for the other teams in my league, and only 7 of 17 have "More Often" as a pressing style, with all the others as "Balanced." But if you watched the matches, you'd think every team was managed by Marcelo Bielsa. My concern is that every match feels the same, and it's taking a lot of the fun out of the game for me, even though I win around 80% of the time. There's just no tactical variation at all.
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Do the AI's pressing levels have anything to do with our tactics? Reason I'm asking is that I've played almost 3 straight seasons facing nothing but max (Much More Urgent) pressing tactics, and trying to figure out if it's something I'm doing, or just a broken tactical AI.