FrazT Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 15 minutes ago, anagain said: I know I'm busy but I'm going to bed after i write this post. Please tell me the game has an option to see past conversations with players again. This is an option that was removed from the game a few FMs ago, for some crazy reason. I talk to my players but I don't have the memory of an elephant. I'm old and so I have the memory of a goldfish. I can't instantly remember when I had conversations with my each member of my squad of 25+ players. If I have told a player he's not playing well on Tuesday, I don't then want to tell him he's not playing well on Friday...because I probably forgot I told him on Tuesday... ...he's then annoyed with me on Saturday (and I hate Craig David) An option to view old conversations with players helped me to keep track of my actions when it was in FM. It was a valuable tool. From the menus in FM23 it doesn't look as if it is in the game again. This Discuss menu is the same as in FM22. Please put it back, SI. You have a player base that is ageing...and possibly getting more senile (can't speak for everyone else but me ). Thankfully you have an option to zoom the page to help old eyes. Please help old memories as well. This would be best to be posted in the Feature Requests forum where it will be reviewed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anagain Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 22 minutes ago, FrazT said: This would be best to be posted in the Feature Requests forum where it will be reviewed. Okay, thanks for the suggestion, Fraz. I've mentioned this every year since they removed it. Might even have requested it before, but I'd have to search to see if that is the case. I will do this later though. Thanks 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 46 minutes ago, anagain said: Okay, thanks for the suggestion, Fraz. I've mentioned this every year since they removed it. Might even have requested it before, but I'd have to search to see if that is the case. I will do this later though. Thanks Its a valid request that I suspect will connect with a lot of users. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dannyfc Posted October 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, GunmaN1905 said: I hate to be that guy, but it's just mind-boggling how years upon years every single ME struggles with more or less the same thing...pinpoint passes over the defense. Long range pinpoint passes. This full post nails it. Insane passing accuracy and perfect control when receiving balls at pace completely undermine the rest of the engine. Posted my frustrations last year in regards to pass completion as the increased inaccuracies was actually touted as a headline feature in the launch video. Lower league football especially should have more individual technical mistakes. Like you said, defenders desperately clearing their lines under pressure should mostly result in giving away possession. Unless, that defender has especially high composure and passing ability. It's a major tactical component that's missing, both from a squad building and team setup perspective. There's little incentive to bring in players with those coveted ball playing attributes, and you're not forced to adapt your play if you don't have them. It's not pretty but I'd love to see a ME that can replicate proper scrappy League Two football. Rushed clearances, botched first touches, having to plan to make use of hitting the channels. It would make the game feel so more rewarding when you are finally able to get technically competent players and as a result see the progression in style of play. Pass completion should be in the 60-70% at this level, not 80-95%. Edited October 23, 2022 by dannyfc 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelo994 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 9 hours ago, GOODNAME said: Wow 3/4 seasons already You have any insights about dribbling and if/iw cutting inside? Honestly, yes. I play with IF & IWF and I see them cutting in and making some beautiful plays. The match engine has been a joy to play with. I really can't put enough praises on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotsworthy Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) Played for a few hours know and the match engine definitely looks like an improvement on FM22. The animations look nice, the general play is good. The IW/IF issues everyone has seems to be fixed. The UI also looks a lot better than last year. If I wasn't looking to go attribute-less this year I'd probably use it. Edited October 23, 2022 by Dotsworthy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tyga Posted October 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2022 I am about 20 games into my first season at Southend in the National League. I was amazed to see my Head of Youth Development was on 20K per week when the club is broke! Nice deal if you can get it. A few things I have noticed. Defending is pretty much non-existent. Opposing players just waltz through while your defenders chase shadows allowing them to score at will. Add man-marking? No change. Drop deeper? Nope. Change mentality? Same deal, defenders running about for no reason or standing like a statue (whichever is most useless at the time). My favourite so far is the CB charging out for a clearing header, missing it completely then running back to try and head it again and miss it completely a second time allowing his opponent to walk past him and score. I checked the vision rating for my defender and it didn't say "impaired" so not sure what was going on there. Players are again heading for the corner when through on goal. Luckily in FM23 a shot from a tight angle is almost assured to go in. Your goalkeeper is largely window-dressing as the ball just passes through him each time. Even weak passes towards goal just slide on through. Same deal with shots from distance. Take a punt from 20 metres and in it goes. Set up a good clear-cut chance and odds are it'll go into orbit or hit the woodwork. Speaking of... As with previous versions of FM my teams seem to have an uncanny ability to hit the woodwork. In pre-season I had over 20 shots hit the woodwork in 5 games. Usually when it would be easier to score. I also got to witness the opposing goalkeeper rush out allowing my winger to skip past him only for him to to decide to dink a dribbling pass towards the goal allowing a defender 15 metres away to jog in and clear it. I still think the ball would have stopped before the line so weak was the "shot". So far, I have to say I'm not that impressed. Everything about the game so far feels like it is just randomly churning out results with no real consideration of tactics or anything. Ridiculous results over and over again. Hopefully when the complete game is released things will improve. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaX_io Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 the suqad Planer resets itself completely every 3 days. as of now the feature is useless. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelo994 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 MLS is still broken. Teams signing players for transfer fees then waivering them is still an issue. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikdancer Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Disappointed, im tired of every year changing the tactics, so i can play the football i want, because the players refuse to listen to my instructions, i have to juggle with other roles that doesnt fit my tactic. The games tactic setup is just out dated and rigid. Every year same problems with the ME, trade one issue out, get one new issue back. For example, why short corners still don't work? Its painful to see that my players are constantly offside due to this. Same glaring issues and more micro management, especially at the start of each save, the amount of work you need to do to setup is tiring. And for the love of god, fix player interactions it breaks emersion so much. Or just delete it and release it back broken in fm 2050 as a new headline feature and then fix it in fm 2051 in march update as a new headline feature as well, thank you. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaCarrot Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 35 minutes ago, angelo994 said: MLS is still broken. Teams signing players for transfer fees then waivering them is still an issue. But a better MLS was a "HeAdLiNe FeAtUrE" FM 22.1 strikes again. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertluque Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 The fact that reporting a bug doesn't just open a dialog box in the game for you to report it is quite annoying. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powermonger Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 6 hours ago, anagain said: The Squad Planner So I've been messing with the new squad planner and I have some thoughts Some good points. I put I suggestion in a few years ago about wanting the ability to be able to rate players ourselves using our own criteria. It seems crazy there is nothing in game where we can put in our own Manager stamp on how we assess our own players and now that we have the Squad Planner it is really needed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabregas_04 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Already very tired of watching defenders touch the ball and then stopping moving. It's almost like their next actions just haven't loaded into the ME and by the time they come back to life the nearest attacker has already got the ball and scored/started a now unstoppable attack. Also not noticing any significant improvement in the finishing of one on ones. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibs1875 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 First season with Hibs and Been sacked for. It spending my transfer budget. My budget was about 80k and spent it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxeyN17 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Any word on MS Store early access? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertluque Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Fabregas_04 said: Already very tired of watching defenders touch the ball and then stopping moving. It's almost like their next actions just haven't loaded into the ME and by the time they come back to life the nearest attacker has already got the ball and scored/started a now unstoppable attack. Also not noticing any significant improvement in the finishing of one on ones. i like that action. they're just waiting for things to open up and play forward in my head. i've not seen the forward steal the ball off them yet though. Edited October 23, 2022 by albertluque Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Ace Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, Hibs1875 said: First season with Hibs and Been sacked for. It spending my transfer budget. My budget was about 80k and spent it. Ouch, I think's being looked at, I'll see if I can find the thread so you can upload your save I can't, but add it here if you get a minute Transfers and Contracts - Bug Tracker - Sports Interactive Community (sigames.com) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwabik Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, albertluque said: i like that action. they're just waiting for things to open up and play forward in my head. i've not seen the forward steal the ball off them yet though. Same. I think it's realistic, it happens IRL all the time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
patpul Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Hi, little OT. Can you connect your FM23 beta to FMFC acoount or it will be possible aftet full release? I i use the same e-mail and pass as via web, but can't login into FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabregas_04 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 15 minutes ago, albertluque said: i like that action. they're just waiting for things to open up and play forward in my head. i've not seen the forward steal the ball off them yet though. You're not understanding the issue clearly. This is not players waiting for movement, this is players chasing a ball for example, touching it then stopping dead. Not realistic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maundojako Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Tight marking been removed? Why would this be the case? It's now no longer possible to play a man marking system unless via individual instructions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucklehead Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Really disappointed that there's been a change to approaching free agents to get an idea of their demands. On FM22 and previous versions, you used to be able to approach a player to see what their playing time and desired promises were, and even see their initial demand for wages, without any penalty. You could move on with no consequence. Now, once you approach a player, you're locked in: you either give them a contract or you walk away, stopping you from approaching them again. Whilst this approach may be slightly more realistic, does it honestly make the computer game more enjoyable? I really feel this is a change that absolutely nobody was asking for. Playing at non-league level, I feel it almost makes the game unplayable. At that level it's natural to approach lots of players. Often what you're looking for is the lowest wage demands, particularly for staff. Scouts, if you even have one, do not accurately give you all this information and most players will not have agents. I desperately hope this is reversed for full release. More than any other change, this has massively impacted my enjoyment and enthusiasm to continue 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMUFC Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Just now, maundojako said: Tight marking been removed? Why would this be the case? It's now no longer possible to play a man marking system unless via individual instructions Was trying to find that yesterday, myself. Thought I was giving too much space to my opponents, because they were having too many touches and space to shoot, so I wanted my players to get tighter, but alas... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
josel15 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) So, having played a few games, only going to talk about the ME. The good: more variety of plays; the ball bounces more realistically and the attributes seems to matter more on the passing; also like how some roles behave (mainly in midfield) The bad: the interceptions, dear christ so many of them, playing with 3 defenders and 2 cm's/dm's to have stability when playing out of the back doesn't really matter because of the absurd number of interceptions of the opposition (and I concede almost all my goals like that); the 1v1 finishing is still a bit not really there, there are really just two options, they will blast the ball to the post and in, or they will pass it to the keeper, no middle ground; sometimes players are too static despite having roam from position, they will just stand there not looking to receive the ball; the central defenders just lateralize every time and refuse to do a central pass, even with the DLP unmarked and begging for the ball. I think that when the full release is out, it will be better, but those are my peeves for now. edit: the CD's refuse to make a simple ball to the midfielders, but try too many times a direct pass to the striker, that is another one I had forgotten. Also, too many long shots and I can't make a creative player on the AMC position make a through ball even if it's the obvious thing to do and has a lot of space, he'll just shoot from distance because things. The press, I feel like my players don't press high, for some reaon? Really weird, but I'll tweak a bit with the individual pressing to see if it changes. Edited October 23, 2022 by josel15 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikcheck Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Sorry if people already posted about this, but does someone has, at this point, opinions about the long term AI squad development? Is it better than before and as they promised? What about the AI managers, are they smarter and harder to play against? Thanks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyfc Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 38 minutes ago, chucklehead said: Really disappointed that there's been a change to approaching free agents to get an idea of their demands. On FM22 and previous versions, you used to be able to approach a player to see what their playing time and desired promises were, and even see their initial demand for wages, without any penalty. You could move on with no consequence. Now, once you approach a player, you're locked in: you either give them a contract or you walk away, stopping you from approaching them again. I could be wrong but I'm not experiencing this. Have you tried stalling once the agent tells you their player's wage demands? I've approached a few and for whatever reason haven't been locked into whatever wage they quoted. It could do with more explanation though. I'm unclear on what the consequence is of to 'Agree', 'Contest', or 'Stall' after being informed by the agent. Assume this impacts your chances of signing the player, potentially, but how? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunk105 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Still liking the ME alot, am finding myself getting FM'd but put this down to my tactics from the last version needing changes to adapt to the new ME. Like the Squad Planner but surprised this doesnt link in some way to picking your team, it would be great if this plugged into the matchday pick team options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucklehead Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 12 minutes ago, dannyfc said: I could be wrong but I'm not experiencing this. Have you tried stalling once the agent tells you their player's wage demands? I've approached a few and for whatever reason haven't been locked into whatever wage they quoted. It could do with more explanation though. I'm unclear on what the consequence is of to 'Agree', 'Contest', or 'Stall' after being informed by the agent. Assume this impacts your chances of signing the player, potentially, but how? Hiya mate, cheers for the reply. I'm playing non-league, no one has agents down here! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynjdusta Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 I’m colour blind and have always edited the colour settings for things like attributes and position capability. love that SI have introduced a general setting but none of them work for me. can we please have full customisation options back please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffiN94 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) Being able to see the average positions mid game through the tactic screen is good but it needs to be limited to the 11 players on the pitch. It gets such a mess when subs are made Edited October 23, 2022 by GriffiN94 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaCarrot Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 The wording here could be better.. UEFA group stage final? lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertluque Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Fabregas_04 said: You're not understanding the issue clearly. This is not players waiting for movement, this is players chasing a ball for example, touching it then stopping dead. Not realistic. ah i thought you meant when playing out from teh back and the defender receives the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaCarrot Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Anyone explain the rule im missing here? Why cant Rangers be drawn here? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertluque Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 celtic might be in A, C or D maybe? 1 minute ago, SeaCarrot said: Anyone explain the rule im missing here? Why cant Rangers be drawn here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyfc Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 19 minutes ago, chucklehead said: Hiya mate, cheers for the reply. I'm playing non-league, no one has agents down here! Sorry - I completely misread your post. Yes fully agree, after an initial conversation with the player it would be good to be able to ask them to go away and think about it before making an official offer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiigman Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 1 hour ago, maundojako said: Tight marking been removed? Why would this be the case? It's now no longer possible to play a man marking system unless via individual instructions First time I've seen this screen so far, but there's now a Defensive line on the left and then defensive line options. Can someone let me know what the options do/mean? Why would you have a high line and drop off more selected for example? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Master Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 I've been playing FM for around 15 years and I still use the good old 2d match engine. The 3d match engine has been around for 10 or so years but can't understand how it still looks so poor graphically. There are now other manager games on mobile which have far better match graphics, despite having a lot less processing power to work with. This is not to say they are better games, in fact far from it, but FM still really lags behind. IMO this is a large reason why the player base is ageing. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 12 minutes ago, craiigman said: First time I've seen this screen so far, but there's now a Defensive line on the left and then defensive line options. Can someone let me know what the options do/mean? Why would you have a high line and drop off more selected for example? In real life you’d have a high line if you dominate possession and want to squeeze the pitch to play in the opposition half. You then have to make sure you don’t get caught on the break with balls over the top. A low block is beneficial for defensive teams who want to protect their penalty area. Simplistically it’s attacking vs defensive football - FM doesn’t do a particularly great job of tying them together from the mentality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Ace Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 14 minutes ago, craiigman said: First time I've seen this screen so far, but there's now a Defensive line on the left and then defensive line options. Can someone let me know what the options do/mean? Why would you have a high line and drop off more selected for example? The Step Up/ Stand off is just the old off side trap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertluque Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 11 minutes ago, Mr Master said: I've been playing FM for around 15 years and I still use the good old 2d match engine. The 3d match engine has been around for 10 or so years but can't understand how it still looks so poor graphically. There are now other manager games on mobile which have far better match graphics, despite having a lot less processing power to work with. This is not to say they are better games, in fact far from it, but FM still really lags behind. IMO this is a large reason why the player base is ageing. i believe the graphics are restricted by how dynamic the match engine is. other games such as the PES manager is all fixed animations. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Master Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, albertluque said: i believe the graphics are restricted by how dynamic the match engine is. other games such as the PES manager is all fixed animations. The slow rate at which they're improving is a concern though. If 10 years ago you told me this is what the graphics engine would look like in 2022, I'd have laughed it off 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingking Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) The AI managers in Football Manager are stupid. One of my biggest issues with this game that will never improve unfortunately. lol The new UCL Feature? No interest because managing rich clubs such as liverpool is a boring experience . Managing a rich team such as liverpool? No interest because of the LACK of competition from the AI over a long period of time. I don’t want to win the UCL every season with liverpool it’s not realistic. I love managing the EPL Championship with clubs like QPR Edited October 23, 2022 by kingking 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_1979 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Could be something, could be nothing but… My MacBook has been fine since downloading the Beta, but just played a game and it got red hot. Has to quit and shut down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmurfDude Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Anyone know if its possible to play this on steam deck? I've tried but when I try to bring up the keyboard to enter my first name it always switches to the surname text box. Not a huge deal as I have a pc, but would be nice to be able to continue my save from anywhere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevjim Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Anyone know there the "squad depth" bit has gone? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Ace Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Just now, trevjim said: Anyone know there the "squad depth" bit has gone? Team Planner now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcfc1894 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Is anyone noticing a lot of goals from corners Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trevjim Posted October 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Johnny Ace said: Team Planner now Really? They actually got rid of it completely? It was so much better than the squad planner is. I don't need to have loads of tabs and plan years in advance for something that will change anyway. just a glance at the squad depth is enough 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycarrie Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Absolutely loving how low block counter attack/possession football is very, very viable now rather than the usual high press gegenmadness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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