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disagree. If the defender misses the interception, it will clearly state that. He always has the lowest rating when playing badly. You dont get a 6.2 because your defence was bad. I've seen AI goalies concede 4-5 goals and still have a 6.7 Conceded 5 goals from 7 shots on target from nr14 in the league. Guess my youth GK plays the remainder of the season while i scout for nr4 in 3 years....

I made him a standard goalkeeper defend, and to even boost his ratings i stopped distributing to TF and am now distributing to CB/FB. Again, hasnt stopped him from making a mistake every 2 games. To iriterate, thats actually the game saying he makes mistakes, not me. As for expected saves percentage, he is 15 out of 18th in the league. He has the lowest average rating from all my starters. Also has the lowest average rating from all goalies of the 5 teams aroundme, while being of a similar level (aside from mignolet, which is to be expected) As for expected goals against as a team, we're around themiddle, its because we are overscoring that im performing. not thanks to him. And this is the 3rd keeper that is fluking regulary. I doubt anything from this tactic stands out as leaving my goalkeeper to dry.

oh i agree, in fm21 it was crazy overpowered. But this is completly the other end

1.2 goal against a game for all competitions? yeah thats bad Also would love to know which tactical setup or opposition instruction makes him force a mistake every 2 games

well i probably should have put an /s behind that comment, but at the moment its the only explanation i have

Offer a player out for 7.5M. Player is upset about his asking price Compromise after talk: 9.75M for a game that is mainly about numbers, this is borderline embarresing

I'm 2.5seasons far and im close to looking for a 4th first choice goalkeeper. I hoped i finally had settled on someone with this guy. He looked pretty good. 15 handling, reflexes and kicking (great as we play with a 1m92 TF). 14 anticipation and positioning, 15 decisions. Ok 12 concentration isnt worldclass, but its above average for the league Just like his 3 predecessors, he's been terrible. Concedes a goal a game. Makes a clear mistake (as in the game acknowledges it was an error in the commentary and you can mention it in your postmatch team talk) every 2 matches. With 15 decisions! Personally i think the game just makes your goalie **** and buffs the AI goalie to artificially inflate the difficulty, but im glad to be proven wrong.

i guess that depends on which YT you watch. I use downloaded shedule and i dont suffer many injuries. Id go so far to argue that leaving training to the assman is kinda asking for injuries. As said, he is likely to shedule heavy physical training in the middle of march....

Followup question: how much does a language barrier matter for coaches?

penalties are a pure lottery i feel. missed all 6 of them with different takes in my very first savegame (so "old" ME). And in FM21 i had Vlahovic (composure + penalties 16) miss the majority as well. Defo have seen an increase in disallowed goals for offside though since the update

yeah we cant sodomize our boys anymore, cause i handed out fine like candy I imagine its an intentional change as it was probably a bit exploity to raise determination/work rate like that. still weird it wasnt in the patch notes

I would trust a kid with a knife and an electrical outlet more than id trust the assman. He'l likely shedule heavy physical training in the middle of march. If you want another example of his incompetence, just check the coaches workload. When you ask him to assign it, you're defo missing out on stars/workload then when you do it manually. Just download a few shedules from BTN or RDF and plug those in. not too much work

2 points in 6 months is excellent. Now if he had gained 2 points in crossing, that would have been miraculous

Honestly t this point the game feels most like "whoever goalkeepers ****s up the least wins". Which in partly true to real life, but its just so apparent in every game. If i win, the opposing goalie has a 6.4 or below. If i lose, my goalie does the same. you can lose and still have a good goalkeeping performance irl, but tht doesnt seem to be the case in fm

recently switched to key and you go through seasons much faster. When devising a tactic i do play extended

Honestly, its why i keep the editor activated. they are just so nonsensical so often Player has a 6.0 in his last game "You need to start playing to a higher level" "what do you mean, my game was excellent. do you need glasses? You really upset me, i cant let this slide" I even had one guy being furious when asking for a new contract... lke dude, did your wires get crossed?

Am i the only one who thinks the new update went too far with player fatigue? playing a midblock, press more often, standard tempo on positive and fullbacks are usually knacker by min60. in a league with one game a week.

Can you not discipline youth players anymore now?

Scouting reports/agent offers dont show estimated wage or transfer sum anymore, is this normal?

just checking if im the only one who find this weird. I asked a few coaches to learn some player "plays killer balls". And their comment goes "thats a good idea, he has the athletic prowess to pull it off" Surely it should be more about technique and vision? is this just coach AI going derp?

Is there any way to stop ridiculous agent offers/filter them out? Im so tired of seeing "hello, buy my player for 3M and 20K a week. Your transfer budget is like 300K and your 20k is tripple the amount of your highest earner, but im gonna spam you anyway"

doesnt lower tempo just leads to passing it around at the back/middle, resulting in 70% possession and no highlights? do agree with wider and not passing in the space

Another one of those "if your players arent Man City quality, dont use this instruction"? Im not a professional footballer, but when i kick a ball, at least i can go make it go roughly to the right or left when i want to.

What could be the reason your goalkeeper ignores the specific instruction to kick it to striker A (who is 192cm and has jumping reach 19), but rather kicks it to his striker colleague who is about 3 heads shorter, loses the ball which leads to a goal against....

Yep, the board doesnt value youth development, and there is nothing you can do about it or even know in advance. Mediocre game design in my opinion....