MATCH PLANS ?

[Delicate Dave]

I've played Fm for years and in each version before FM24 I would try to use the MATCH PLANS setup in the TACTICS section. Each time it seemed to do nothing or I didn't understand how to use it.  But recently in these forums, someone said they used them all the time in FM24 so I gave it another go and this is what happened;

I think I set up a match plan to play BALANCED for the first 25 mins if the game is a drawing. My main tactic is set to POSITIVE, I was expecting the game would go 25 minutes or till the first goal on BALANCED then change to POSITIVE.

What I saw was the game starting in BALANCED which was fine, but then staying on BALANCED while messages came up saying things like "changed to structured" and formation and even worse 3 subs took place in the first 15 minutes. Clearly, a staff member was managing the game but I don't have any setting on that would allow that. I checked this, in 4 games with the MATCH PLAN on in 2 of them, the other two games were fine.

Has anyone else experienced this? is it a bug or am I just an idiot?

[Bahnzo]

Match plans only work when you go on holiday or quick sim the match.