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This is something I’ll be diving more into with my FM24 save, Finding that fine line between making a youth player the best version that they can be whilst adapting the tactic to utilise that but without changing the core principles too much and it’s a challenge I’m looking forward to as hopefully with the conveyor belt of talent coming through it all evolves together but needs to be perfectly balanced so one doesn’t cause the other to suffer, whereas with recruitment you’re usually looking to fill a gap in the squad in the current tactic. look forward to seeing what you do with that and pick up a few tips myself. A reserve team league will come in handy, the only issue I find is if they play games on same day you might need them as subs etc Also CH4 Italia football in the 90s was peak

Been catching up with your save @_Ben_ A great time to leave Atalanta, despite not making the final of the CL, it was a great tenure and that probably would have been too early a success anyway. The move to Argentina feels like the right one and the club in its current situation feels like a great landing spot for you to lay the foundations of what you’re planning to do regarding development, I wonder how flexible you will be in regards to tactic/formation if one or two stars emerge but they don’t suit your current style, will you adapt to fit them or will they have to adapt to fit you. Nice to see my preseason post rubbed off on someone

Ah I think I remember you mentioning that before, would be a nice way to end the save.

Great season Ben, just caught up with it. Going well, is this the end club or do you feel like there’s still another step?

Cheers Ben. All sorted now.

@_Ben_ on the latest update the subs panel in match has gone a bit strange

Really like this suggestion

Cheers mate I’ll try this first and see what he thinks.

@_Ben_ shared your skin with someone and they love it but they’d like to tweak the font style. Is it possible for me to edit that for him?

Great informative updates as always Ben, and love the move. Like others have said it seems to be a club in line with your way of playing too.

Just caught up Ben, great final season in Turkey, and the move feels like a realistic step up. Great in-depth posts since explaining the state of play since the move and your thought process behind your plans and decisions so far.

Watched the same video and have tried to recreate it, the baiting the press is a really good idea and I seem to have got it working nicely playing a range of wall passes around the opposition press to create gaps in their shape before switching the ball forward and breaking away. Not quite there yet but I'm having fun with it.

Totally agree with Tyler, It's still a great season for you Ben and it would be great to see the same top 2 next year but in reverse

This is how I play and have for a few years and adds to the realism. And wow what an ending to the season, you couldn't write it. Two (well 3) cup finals in a row. I have faith

LOVE this for recruitment focuses (best new feature this year) Was just a wanted first team football thing, was fed up of being promised a chance and not getting one. Save's going well Ben and some nice recruitment in January. Will be interesting to see what you do with the DM slot over the summer. I should have refreshed, I'm a whole page behind

It depends if what you consider serious is the same as SI. Maybe you misrepresented yourself but yes that’s what I meant. I understand the frustration when bugs aren’t fixed trust me but I also understand there must be reasons why. SI want it to be just as bug free as we do.

This isn’t an SI issue though, numerous games that are yearly have the same issue, even bigger titles like FIFA and madden. Like you said they probably prioritise between impact and what can be fixed in a short time some bugs there might be reasons why they can’t fix them or within the time between editions. The amount of bugs fixed between release and December was probably more than we realised due to the size of the patch update. For every bug you see they haven’t fixed how many bugs don’t we see that get fixed? You say you have played for 20 years and finally on the FM22 edition you say you were really active in the hopes of getting on the alpha but now because you didn’t get on the enthusiasm has gone. If you can’t see the issue with that then maybe it’s best you don’t get on it I’m pretty sure the people who must get added are the ones offering consistently good quality bug reports over a period of time not just one edition when they want to try a bit harder to get on it.

Anyone who thinks this has to baiting, having the pleasure of speaking publicly and privately with numerous SI employees over the years, The main credit I can give them is every employee really cares about the game. Whilst I might disagree with the direction of the game regarding some of features etc added through the years, I know every feature is targeted to be delivered to the best they can and whilst what a consumer might expect might be different its certainly not because SI purposely did it badly. Neil is totally right here too I've offered constructive criticism over the years and SI have always been open to receiving it and followed up with me about it in some situations. I disagree, as much as you have your opinion there may be issues it doesn't mean everyone has to have the same opinion and them opposing your opinion isn't a bad thing if it's done in a respectful way from both sides, I think there is issues with the game, maybe not the same issues as you but maybe the same and there is room for discussion about those issues but the whole narrative of "I paid money for the game I'm allowed to shout as loud as I want about it" is wrong. In SI's defence they have a whole testing forum accessible to you and have already released two patches in 2 months (Release day and December patches) Bang on, if you can't take the time to report bugs or issues then spend ages moaning about them you're more to blame than SI ever is with regards to the issues within the game Luckily for you @Neil Brockhas made a post on how too do this and its straight forward.

Great to hear the process worked well for you.

RE the survey its also a small % of the market. Ben has around 110.000 subscribers less than half of that follow him on twitter. FM22 sold between 1-2million copies (can't find the exact number) but a article 5 months ago said they sold over 1 million so even if we take the minimum at 1million copies and Bens high of 110,000 that's only 11% of the consumer base. his latest tweet suggested 13,000 replies which is 1.3%. which isn't a true representation of the consumer opinion just his small % of it. I know a lot of people that play the game that have never watched, read or listened to any FM content or visited the forum. Miles has said before in interviews the "community" is only a small part of the consumer. Whilst its great we as a community try to improve the game we have to also understand that SI don't just cater to us. The best way to improve the game is to feedback in the way SI asks via Beta testing threads and feature requests. RE the game itself FM23 is the best in the series, there might be areas that haven't improved where you'd hoped but its better than last year and in fairness to SI improves year on year. The main outcry seems to be around graphics but again its a small area of the market. The graphics for me are spot on I don't need them to look any better than they are, my focus is more on the ME which has taken a massive step forward this year and Data which has improved and kept ahead of the market as the IRL game of football is becoming more data driven. RE the skin, I agree its not the best but with so many great community efforts I'd rather SI focused more on improving the core game than a skin that I can easily download an better one and SI can spend more time improving Set Pieces

Congratulations on the new job @_Ben_a natural step, Enough of a rebuild needed to make it an interesting role to take.

That’s great news. I’ve found it works really well for me. It’s just making sure we take the time to keep track of minutes played in preseason

Just caught up @_Ben_did you find the change in approach made a difference to the players conditioning for this season and helped with the great start you have made?

It’s a brilliant skin Gaz. Thanks for the work

Love it Matty, glad it worked for you and you saw the same benefits