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Hi all - long-time lurker and player of FM since 97/98 series. This is my first time posting a tactic due to it having great success. I was playing with (1) FM AI and data update; and (2) Greek 3rd division added; and (3) attribute masking, no editor activated. I decided to take a team from Greek 3rd division and was playing with some realistic restrictions where I aim to play by overpaying for best Greek players and getting few foreign players. In my 9th season (after 5 seasons in 1st division, ranging finishes between 2nd, 3rd and 4th), I changed tactics and bought a few better players and instantly soared in the league. But what confirmed the success of the tactic is that I am ongoing Greece manager for 4 years now with a decent performance but a poor squad and after adopting this tactic after a lackluster start to the EUro qualifying campaign (0-8 win away to Estonia, 1-1 home draw to Israel and 1-4 loss away to Switzerland), I managed 5 consecutive wins (including home and away to Portugal) to finish 1st and qualify for my first international competition! The tactic is a 4-2-3-1 Attacking tactic and the only key information is: -Change Time Wasting from "Rarely" to "Often" when wanting to hold a lead; -Notwithstanding the low crosses, the striker should have well rounded physical features, including aerial ability as there will be lots of aerial battles. Screenshot of my new striker in my 1st season with the tactic below. Individual instructions: -Both WBs: Stay Wider -Both CBs: Shoot Less Often (I switch from BPD to CD if required for role of player) -DMCR/Segundo Volante: Shoot Less Often -AML: Cuts Inside With Ball -AMR: Sit Narrower -AMC: Tackle Harder (can switch from AM-A to AP-A if required for role of player) -I bought the below guy on a free transfer who wasn't a striker at all but had the right physical characteristics. I taught him the ST role all of pre-season and he was Accomplished by the start of the season and Natural by December: My results as Greek national manager after switching tactics (first game with the new tactic was the 1-0 home win to Portugal): When I want to play slightly more defensive, I have a Positive version of the 4-2-3-1 but it hasn't been as successful. Really, playing attacking is the more rewarding option!

Hi all, I may playing FM23 on PC and just started my 4th season with Kalamata in Greek Superleague after finally getting promoted at end of 3rd season. my bank balance is about -€1.3million and I was given a transfer budget of -€350k and a wage budget of €2.8 million (of which I am currently spending €900k on existing wages). on the basis of €1.9million capacity in wage budget I tried to sign the following 3 players, all of which did not have the traditional “Adjust Budget” option to carry through the transfer: -Ibrahimovic ‘ son on free transfer with high wage (€300k) and sign-in bonus and agent fee. -Free Greek defender with small sign-in bonus of €5k and agent fee of €2k - wage offered was approximately €65k. -Backup GK where I bid €10k to the team and gave low annual wage to player of €50k. All of the 3 above transfers could not be completed as I do not have enough budget. I can only sign free transfer players if the sign-on fee and agent fee are both €0, which limits the options substantially. I am a long-time player and wanted to check if this is something someone has encountered before. I appreciate the team finances are insecure but the inability to use the flexibility of my large wage budget for sign-on fees, agent fees and small fees to clubs is ruining my ability to prepare a team! With €1.9m available for wages and signing young/squad/backup players where I am offering annual wages of approximately €60k-120k, should offer me enough spare cash to make 1 or 2 big signings (like Ibrahimovic as a free transfer) but I am unfortunately not able to do so. I can post screenshots of finances, budget etc. when I am back home if required but would appreciate any insight from this valuable community. Thank you!