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Yeah I was thinking it might be something graphics related. Turns out Sega posted this as a known issue on one of their support pages a few days ago and for some reason disabling the wifi pre-match seems to fix the issue. Thanks anyway.

On the player profile panel the alignment of the player positions on the tactic pitch is off (every position a bit too far ahead) compared to the (correctly aligned) positions within the player profile popup (can also compare to default skin to see the correct alignment).

Ok, I confirmed I can win Manager of the Month, if I play all the games by myself. Issue can be closed

Thanks for letting me know. I didn't think of that to be honest. I don't plan on modifying this database further, but will keep it in mind if I do.

What is the objective of a real-life football manager? Answer that and you've answered your question. The objective of Pep Guardiola is not the same as a non-league manager, so too in the game. I used to watch a good few daily YouTube careers. I'm a lower league manager, but I got sick of all of them going from the lowest playable team to winning the Champions League. Maybe most follow that path, but not me. Constant winning and promotions bores me. I set my own objectives, such as seeing how far I can get playing kids my academy has produced, and never buying/acquiring a player from outside the club.

For years, I took advantage of the 'keepers never get injured or sent off' exploit to never have a keeper on my bench. That changed in FM24 with injuries, but red cards (and yellow) are still unrealistically uncommon.

Looks like a city or stadium background pack.

Same again. Can´t click on it. Day for day. And after a few day it´s not there that i can click on it:

Just checking if we still need it or if the patch fixed the same issues

Upcoming Season recruiting needs based on the Championship target: GK Gap: 0.6% - We are good CD Gap: 0%, 1.1% - We are good - opportunistically look for another backup FB Gap: 1.3%, 0.3% - We are good BWM Gap: 0.4% - We are good DLP Gap: 2.1% - Need an upgrade to pair with El Azzouri - Urgent Winger Gap: 1.5%, 2.1% - Look for at least one upgrade - - Urgent AP Gap: 0.6% - We are good ST Gap: 2.1% - We are good - opportunistically look for a young backup. Only a couple of urgent needs. Next season we will switch to the Premier league as a target.

Yes, they are. I played with this file and it works. You can also verify the file yourself in the pre-game editor.

I'm about 98% happy with my frankenskin, so I thought I would post some screenshots. The player overview is largely a mix of TCS and Rensie The match screen started with Tato with a lot taken from TCS and the header from Rensie. I also went down a rabbit hole and created about 50 custom views in various xml files over the last few weeks. My favorite part was figuring out you could put the "add to shortlist" button into the scouting-related views. This will not be released since most of it was taken from other skins.

Thanks mate...although, ironically, we have not been on the island since we joined the Premier League

Cheers Cloud9, your input is always great. I actually am running one CD and one BPD and like you say the build up sees the BPD carry the the ball into midfield with the HB below him. Been after more possession so dropped to balance and things are looking pretty good in this new set up - image below. I get to about the 70th minute and I am 1-0 up then will concede despite having 60%+ possession all game. I then revert back to to my chaotic system of this formation and try nab a win. I have found lifting the tempo and/or passing into space how get more creativity out of the team. Do a QPR save every year and this now my 3rd and longest time I have spent in the championship without being promoted EDIT: Well well well, not bad! Just had a 10 game unbeaten streak come to an end since I switched to this. Defintiyl not a perfect tactic, really had to grind some results but promising. Knocked out EPL Hull from the cup too

I'm curious how people are finding Real World mode. I'm undecided whether to do a save in Real World or Original, and, if in Real World, whether to disable the first transfer window. I'm interested to know how people have found Real World with respect to dealing with important players who you know will leave before the end of the window (do you play them at all) and how often you might get one of your new signings completely unfit or injured when they do arrive. Also, if a new signing is a player you really don't need, especially if you're in great form, how do you deal with that if his agreed status is regular starter? Additionally, when disabling the first transfer window, I often find there are no budgets in the winter window either, and I'm interested to know how that affects people's game worlds and realism. I run around 60 leagues and would usually expect to see action during the winter. Any thoughts on whether Real World and in particular combined with disabling the first transfer window makes for a compelling save would be appreciated. I've only ever played Original.

The big change is how it will operate in a pivot in terms of rotations or lack there of, but in a 4-3-3 or a diamond you're going to see it play similarly to previous versions. In a 4-3-3, in possession he's going to drop back between the centerbacks and out of possession he's going to operate as an aggressive sweeper stepping into the space in front of him. The HB will push the CB's wide and your two wingbacks forward. If he plays the ball short to the CBs it will almost always progress down the wings. Roles like the CAR can help cover the aggressive wingback choices. Even a double WB(s) will see fairly aggressive wingback play due to this rotation back. I would suggest the biggest difference to a HB system would be the use of BPD or CD. CD's will see a lot of wing play, good BPD who can carry the ball can see more dynamic build up phases. I see people saying what works and work doesn't work with the HB. I'm not sure if I agree with a lot of those statements. There's no problem having wide attackers in a HB system and players combining in the same space is actually a plus. It's only when players are attempting to move into the same channel or make the same goal scoring run that you can run into redundancies. The role has been a powerful choice with the right profile player over the past few versions and that hasn't changed this FM. You could play it in a direct counter attack or a more progressive system with plenty of success. Again the use of BPD who can carry the ball or CD who will just lay off simple passes will dictate a lot of your 4-3-3 halfback plays out. You could also try utilizing a HB in a 3-4-2-1, if you don't like the 4-2-3-1. If you wanted to try to make something like you mention work I would recommend putting together a tactic, testing it out and having people look at it.

BWM - Champ Target = 71.0 The BWM stats aren't great with our tactic, so I lean towards the match ratings to give additional insights. Blasco started, Edwards was played in league matches to see if he would develop. I started to play Lambert more towards the end of the season when it was clear Edwards wasn't developing. Blasco played well enough as did Edwards and Lambert. Blasco's rating is pretty much at target. Our new project will be Pizarro now that he has had a year of training and is showing good development, so he will get a chance this coming season to show if he can keep growing. Plan - Blasco is the starter and at target. Pizarro to get 20'ish starts - we have El Azzouzi and Lambert/Edwards for depth. DLP - Champ Target = 69.7 El Azzouzi was the starter with Chirivella as the main backup. Junyent got 8 games and Muller filled in on occasion as well, but mostly played ST, so didn't include his stats. Stats wise, they all played pretty well with Juyent's stats skewed from playing mostly at AM. Junyent is the best DLP, but is our starter at AM. El Azzouzi was the primary starter to see if his growth would continue, but he didn't grow much. Too early to give up on him, but I expect there to be options to bring in at or above the target rating. Chirivella has started to decline due to age and won't be back unless he signs on as a fringe player. Interesting to look at El Azzouzi's development. He still had a number of attributes increase by 1, but not the ones that affect the rating much. Further support to the argument to keep him around. Plan - Find an upgrade and start El Azzouzi until then. Winger - Champ Target = 69.6 I am analyzing LW and RW together as all the top players can play both. Vincent and Marek were the starters, Holcroft, Abid and Juninho got a lot of play time as well. All the wingers played very well in the support role, so no action required based on the statistics. Vincent showed a nice development burst last season. Holcroft's growth continued at a bit of a slower rate, so we will give him playtime again to see if the growth returns. Vincent had progression in a lot of attributes last season - maybe he is a late bloomer and will grow again Holcroft's had attribute growth across the board, hope that continues. Plan - start Vincent and Marek with Holcroft to get league time to further his development. Try to find a winger at target rating to replace Marek. Advanced Playmaker - Champ Target = 68.4 Junyent and Merino played most of the matches. Merino had good stats, but Junyent's are outstanding. He is doing it all, scoring, assists. Junyent declined slightly in rating but I think he may have played too much along with injury. Hopefully that trend changes next season. He is above the rating target. Merino is a loan, so won't be back. Plan - Start Junyent and try to find a good backup option. Meireles is proficient here, so can backup ST and AM. Advanced Forward - Champ Target = 68.2 Muller was the starter and scored 42 goals!!!!. Meireles scored 24 goals as well. Both of them have very good stats with Muller better in the air and Meireles better dribbling. Muller had nice growth and if he does it again, he will make it to target. Meireles recovered a bit, but that is just likely the ratings "wobble" from attributes being right at the rounding point. Plan - Start Muller with Meireles as backup.

November That was a good month, turns out we broke a record in the Champions League. This is been my longest FM save ever . Manchester United aren't in brilliant form and we need to take advantage of that. Tremble heading a corner onto the woodwork earlier into the game puts us 1 - 0 up after 17 minutes, heading in a corner with the aid of the woodwork. That's a huge mistake at the back from Man Utd, Hubana steals, play it to Hojlund, he takes on Payton but Payton recovers and takes the ball from Hojlund, he passes across and Hubana says thanks, intercepts and hits in after 61 minutes. That was a deserved win, Man Utd didn't manage a shot on target. Forest are 20th and we're at home, we should be able to win this one easily. Forest take the lead ater 7 minutes, Lele wins the ball but doesn't clear, Forest attack quickly and Fanger strikes it with real venom and it deflects past Robledo. Juliao has missed two absolute sitters but Hojlund equalises in the 19th minute after Biffi hits in the freekick, Lele picks up, dribbles round, plays it across goal where Hojlund has an easy hit in. Oh that was a good hit, we attack, Phillips plays it outwide to Lele, he cuts in and smashes it, it rises above the Forest GK and in after 28 minutes. It's 3 in the 43rd minute, Juliao wins it back, Biffi plays it to Hojlund, he's smart and waits for the run of Hubana, plays it through to him and Hubana hits in. Hojlund makes it 4 after 94 minutes, Abulai plays it to Hubana, he plays through Hojlund who slots low into the corner. 35 shots, 12 on target, 4.95xG and if we our shooting wasn't so wasteful it could have been our biggest ever win, especially Juliao, he missed some absolute sitters! Bitshiabu was injured on international duty but Tremble has been playing in his place. In positive news Joao Neves has returned, Portugal have given him some match fitness where he scored so he starts against West Ham! How did Hubana miss that, he's about 6 yard out, pretty much open net and he hads it onto the bar, he's struggling since his return from injury, even on international duty he struggled. It was a bad pass from Tremble, West Ham countered but thankfully Caron was offside! It's Biffi! Becerra wins it, dribbles into the middle of the pkar, plays it to Biffi, he dribbles into the box and it's a deflection that gives us the lead after 82 minutes! West Ham equalise in the 90th minute!!! Silveira heads in Rovella's corner! We should have probably won but it's a draw. Newcastle thankfully slipped up and drew against Villa so we're still ahead on GD. Carabao Cup Good win, was happy Flores scored just a minute after missing a penalty. Shame we're away but that'll be a good match. Champions League Vilela has scored 4 in 2 in Europe, he's one to watch for sure. This isn't something I was expecting, we do lose in the Champions League but it seems we're on a streak. Robledo was AMAZING. Saved a pen and a clear cut chance before we took the lead, he made even more big saves, put their key striker off late on who looked like he was going to equalise. Proper GK. Prem Player Development We'll top that in the next couple of years. Best 50 Players Finally Becerra is in it! He deserved to be AND we have a winner! I wonder if the likes of Robledo, Tremble and Phillips will make the top 50 list at some point. Next Month This should be a good month, there's enough games we should be winning and we always seem to do well in the winter months. We will need to rotate alot and we have a couple of injuries. This could be a brilliant month like December usually is or we'll see Newcastle take the summit.

Every year, I love to start my save as the manager of a club and international teams. In years past, I would start a save with my own tactics for my club team; they would stink, and then I would find some meta plug-and-play tactic, which became stale (for VERY OBVIOUS reasons). I would then find players to match my meta tactic for my international team, and usually, the international players would fit to a large degree. This year, I have taken a different approach and am doing everything from scratch, including tactics, scouting, etc. I have searched over the years, and there is very little info on it (or I am a dummy looking in the wrong places). This save, I am managing England, and I decided to list my best attackers in order of importance and tweaked the best I could. We won the Euros with great luck and off of set pieces - a lot of smash-and-grab going on... So, I want to make it better... My question is, how do you go about building tactics for your international management? Do you pick a tactic that is how you want to play and then place the best players in those roles? Do you load in your best 11, let the Assistant Manager tell you their best roles, and then tweak from there? Do you pick their best roles based on their comfort with club tactics? Does role comfort/familiarity even really matter, and am I overthinking it? Where do you start your process, and who gets priority for their preferred playing style? What positions get priority? For example, Declan Rice is far and away the best DM, but he is the second-best CM at the moment. Is it better to get him in the middle, more advanced in a 4-3-3, or keep him as a DM as the single pivot? If roles and duties are overwhelmingly crucial in international management, who changes to complement the tactic? Who plays out of the comfort zone? Are certain positions affected less when tweaking roles than others? For example, I have a very talented bunch of players, but their roles don't jive. My five best attackers, Bellingham, Saka, Foden, Kane, and Rice (if you play him as a CM), all have support duties, with Rice being defensive. Also, Foden and Bellingham are best as AP-S, making matters even stickier with Kane as the DLF-S and Saka as a W-S. Who is best to leave in their favored/most comfortable role and duty? Do you tweak the most adaptable player, the role that would make the tactic come to life, or am I asking dumb questions to begin with? I know these are a lot of questions, and some may not even matter one bit. But I don't see this topic discussed much, and I wanted to throw some things out. I know international management gets a lot of stick, and I know it could be way better, but I wanted to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks for indulging me!

Being Midtable in the Premier League with a youth development team from the Channel Islands is quite the achievement.

Lovely update as usual, @_Ben_! As for relationism: Prime European examples are Henrik Rydstrom's Malmo FF (another example here) and the wonderful The Mutants article on Medium, also by Jamie Hamilton, which goes over relationism and hybrid relationism examples in Europe. I'm glad to be any influence on this save and would be VERY CURIOUS to hear your ideas and approach to relationism in FM. I know I'm still tinkering with it myself, personally. Still waiting for a possible skin release with the DNA bar, even if I have to configure it on a per-save basis :P

I took a job at Portsmouth in my first game of FM23 and they'd already been docked points for failing FFP. I think it was about five seasons in. Rooney was their manager until then and I inherited a complete mess with players constantly complaining about every little thing. The team was bought over by some tycoon sometime before that, and during a press conference, I answered a question about the club's finances without really thinking about it. The board reprimanded me for answering the question and said I should have refused to answer it, and that if I ever did again, I'd be fired. Sketchy as hell.

This is actually very similar to what I was building! Can I ask if what mentality you used? Was it possession based or more direct ?

Cheers Zak. Are there different inputs on body language on the different formats then? I’ve answered 2nd point above. Really don’t think Messi would come nervous playing Forest but I have to remember this isn’t real life and the game will have its own outcomes

Cheers Dan. Clearly IRL Messi is unlikely to be nervous about an away match at the City Ground but this is a game and has its own rules and parameters.