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For reference re other comments, I'm running 57 playable leagues with 228k players across 42 nations. The AI has a squad planner in theory... :/ Also, agree re loans. I left United with around 5-10 players out on load who had 4/5* potential. Most of them spent the next season rotting in the reserves. Yet because of the imbalanced AI squad building worldwide - they're basically the best players in the world for their age. I've moved to Real Madrid and the only players I can find are United players, or ex-United players. I've bought 5 of them. No more because it already feels too much, quite irritating really, and pretty much I'm clinging on to the save. I feel like moving to a lower league and working my way back up, but then where's the fun when I will be successful - because I'll be the only one growing any potential and ending up with a squad full of amazing players whilst the AI happily ticks along with above average players (who by comparison the the world average, are the best in the world, bar my squad!)

It's been covered elsewhere, but I also only tend to play 20+ year careers. One or two per FM. After 10 seasons the difference in quality compared to the initial save game start date is huge. Mainly due to AI not developing youngsters. I really struggle to understand how or why there isn't a mechanism to tweak (artificially, for the benefit of the whole game economy/player quality) AI players progressions IF the algorithm is too complex to enable them to do this themselves. I'm in 2039 at the moment and there's only one great AI squad on the game, and I'm running 57 playable leagues with 228k players across 42 nations. I am so disappointed that with my new CPU allowing me to bump up league and player count significantly, that it hasn't helped at all really with the game balance in the future. It's so sad!

Generally speaking, my objective is to start unemployed and find a job. Then buy and develop players based on my preferred tactic/philosophy etc. Then realistically progress with the club each season, or via another job vacancy/opportunity, to reach the top of the game. You create a world of your own with stories all over. Favourite players, records and rivalries.

@starbugg I thought I had found it, but actually what I mean is having so many goals have VAR involved and watching and waiting for the decision, ref running around, I don't want to see that. Just tell me the decision or don't show me the disallowed goal. I like watching extended highlights but that's just taking it too far.

I would really like to turn off VAR highlights, as if it isn't bad enough in real life I'm having to watch it on what feels like almost every goal.

The four legends weren't even in the squad. One is unfit for some reason and another needs a rest.

DM alternatives - again legends of the club

DC alternatives - club legends really.

Played at DM

Played at DC

No idea why he has become an accomplished DC...

Champions League Final squad management. I left United in the summer prior and decided to go to the UCL final to watch. Only to see they had fielded a world class AM at DC, partnered by a breakthrough prospect and another at DMC. Despite established first teamers being available (one of which was tired, great management there) This is ridiculous and undermines achievements in the game when this is the standard of AI we're playing against. Not to mention the established issues with general AI squad building. Not going to talk about what the manager did to my world beating team in general after I left... crying shame.

My sponsorship has dropped from 242m last year to 193m this year. That's a low point from around 240m 5 years ago. Except 5 years ago in 2030 my United side had won 1 EPL since 2013, 1 UCL 2026, but almost every year since 2031 we have won every competition. Yes my sponsors dropped by 20%? Also randomly this season I lost 2.6m followers. Irrelevant maybe but also random. We are like the Madrid team of 2015-18.