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  1. I don't think the tactics have anything to do with this as XG and XGA are about the combined quality of the chances you create or the opponent creates against you. The tactic used lead to those numbers. Anything you over- or underperform is about quality of the players. However, given that my defensive players and keepers are performing average at least, I don't see where the problem is. I agree that 19 XGA isn't the best in 19 games, but that shouldn't mean we concede 32 goals in 19 games, but about 19 give or take a few either way. The next "worse" performers in that regard are Brighton, with +3 goals conceded out of 28 XGA, or just over 10% underperforming.
  2. So, I'm halfway through my first season with Man Utd and I'm in 5th in the league. Looking at some statistics in the data hub, I came across this: (rather big screenshot, so in spoiler) As you can see, we're massively underperforming in defense, conceding a whopping +66% more goals than we should be expected to. To set this in context, if we would've overperformed as much with scoring, we'd have scored 69 goals in 19 games. Looking at individual players, Onana has an average rating of 6.74, my most used central defenders Varane, Martinez and Maguire have 6.83, 6.84 and 7.06. Varane, Martinez and Onana all have 1 mistake leading to a goal. So overall, it doesn't really look like one of them is the main cause of all this. Is this just (really) bad luck?
  3. I have no problem with the striker not scoring 25+ goals every season. It's just that he isn't involved in build-up play either. I wonder if it even wouldn't be better to go strikerless and pull him to the AM strata as it feels like playing with only 10 all the time.
  4. Same here, even with the tweaks to get more balls into the box. I just feel the striker is ignored during the game. Often one of the CM's has the ball in the zone just outside the penalty area, but they either opt to shoot or they pass it wide to the fullbacks or wingers. I do like the general setup of this. It's a nice realistic tactic.
  5. Just sold Casemiro for €140m to the Arabians... It's a mess though, because Rashford immediately started complaining about lack of squad depth for defensive midfield. I got Guido Rodriguez in on a free, but that wasn't enough. Well, just finished my first summer transfer window: OUT: Managed to get rid of quite some dead wood. AWB, Williams, Maguire, Donny and Martial were all players playing a small role in my squad and/or on too high wages. Casemiro was hunted by the Arabians, as was Varane in January. I again counteroffered a ridiculous amount, which they accepted, albeit €104m payed in 4 6-monthly instalments. Unfortunately, I had to sell Eriksen too. He wanted to leave on a free at the end of his contract, so I opted to cash in on him. On top of that, I got a decent fee for Pellistri. Not visible in this screengrab is Lindelof, who left to Newcastle for €50m, quite early in the transferwindow. Evans retired. Some players went out on loan too: Greenwood (forced by the game, I hate that...), Hansen-Aaroen, Mainoo, Fish, Shoretire, Fernandez, Oyedele, Hannibal and Vitek are all needing some first team action. Vitek didn't get a work permit either, so I hope he can get that one after some first team action in Belgium. IN: With a lot of backups leaving, I had to get some in too. Vitik and Edwards will provide cover for Diomande, Pavlovic for Martinez. Rodriguez is replacing Casemiro, Abraham will be backup for Hojlund. Neves will be in rotation with Mount. Sugawara is a backup right back, who can also play as a winger further up front. Finally, Gillespie will be the 3rd keeper after Heaton retired. Barreto is a cheap investment on a decent young player, who I plan to sell for a profit within 2 or 3 years. I also have a young prospect joining us in January:
  6. Few days off work, so finally managed to start a save. I started the game in classic mode with first window transfer activity disabled. I'm now early February and these are my transfer deals of January Out: (don't mind the default club badges, still need to update those) Well, I got 2 offers in for Varane from Arabian clubs. They came in with offers of about €80m, but I really didn't want to sell him so I replied with a ridiculous counteroffer of €120m, all up front. To my surprise, that wasn't that ridiculous at all and they immediately accepted... Diallo, Mainoo and Hansen-Aarøen are loaned out to get some first team action. van de Beek was moaning, so decided to loan him out, hopefully gaining a bit of value in the process so I can get a decent fee for him in the summer transferwindow. In: Only 2 incoming transfers. Smith Rowe will act as a backup for Fernandes. He was transferlisted and I wanted to get some homegrown blood in. Diomande will replace Varane in the long run. Currently I'm playing Lindelof as he's already used to the tactic. Quite happy with this window. Varane will be a loss in the short term, but that fee was just bonkers for a 30 year old central defender.
  7. When the youth candidates preview is availble (between announcement and actual youth intake), I can't see the number of stars of the predicted youth intake. These are hidden behind the infobar next to the Head of Youth Development. See added screenshot.
  8. My ins after season 1: Outs: Bailly €9.75m Hannibal €4m Donny loan to Parma with a mandatory fee of €37.5m Telles €3.8m Fred €2.2m Elanga loan to Schalke04 with optional fee of €35m loans: Garnacho, Laird, Tuanzebe, Mengi, Alvaro Fernandez, Pellistri, Shoretire, Mainoo Which gives this as my ideal starting lineup Shaw refuses to sign a new contract at reduced wages, so his contract will run out after this season. I have no idea yet who to sign as his replacement. I could also shift Martinez over to left back and look for a new CB. Ideally I will replace Martial as well.
  9. Yeah, that's some bad luck there... Martial might perform well, but he's inconsistent. You never know what to expect from him. Big transferperiod there! How is Garnacho developing?
  10. Looking at the last few pages, it seems like the bugs aren't the real issue, but the lack of follow-up (or perceived lack of follow-up) from SI. To be honest, it's something I'm familiar with as well. I did raise quite a few ME things some editions back (can't remember which one), but felt nothing was being done about it. Worse, those issues are still present in the current ME. An example is the wingers still shooting from ridiculous angles, which I flagged together with quite a few examples. Earlier in this thread I said that the number of comments in this thread could be seen as some kind of feedback too, which was later deleted by a mod. Personally, it all adds up as if they just don't care about the feedback. Let that be the feedback: communicate better, with what SI are doing with the feedback from the users. It could be that the user was mistaken, but clearly state why. Not just "our data suggests something else".
  11. Mainoo has been decent for me as well. He got some chances in the first squad during the first season and is loaned out at PAOK in the 2nd season. Any big changes to your tactics since the latest update? I haven't settled down yet and no idea where to go. I tend to play a 4231, but looks like 433 is a bit more effective this time?
  12. The worst part is that if real life football has some new thing (VAR, defenders being allowed into the box when there's a goal kick etc), it's possible to integrate those immediately. So the "it's hard to implement so it takes time" doesn't always hold up.
  13. Surely it must be head-to-head result, if that's equal the goal difference, if that's equal again the number of goals scored? Even if the head-to-head was equal, Napoli has a superior goal difference, so should be crowned champions.
  14. 1000 respondents is usually enough to get statistical relevance, regardless of the total population you want to test. edit: to be clear and complete, this is true as long as you select your respondents completely random, which is not the case for Ben's survey.
  15. Looking at the bigger numbers, it does look like this year's edition hasn't had the same reception as last year's: FM23 has a 83.61% approval rating vs FM22's 90.37% (according to steamdb.info) Number of players 2 weeks after release of the beta: 72232 for FM23 vs 75398 for FM22 Peak number of concurrent players october-january for the release year: 78687 for FM23 vs 88767 for FM22. You could say the falling number of players has something to do with the recession going on, but the approval ratings don't. FM has always scored close or in the 90's for approval rating on Steam. 83% is still a good score though, but relative speaking, this hasn't been up to the normal standard.
  16. Lisandro is doing a good job for me as a defensive midfielder. I guess Timber might do a similar job in that position.
  17. No, not for me (at the moment). I do find that TI's need to be combined with the correct player roles, or at least some PI's. For example, my left back was hoofing it up the field all the time. I did notice he often really didn't have a shorter forward passing option: my left winger was playing on the shoulder of the opposition defence while my left sided central midfielder was sticking to the middle of the pitch and easily marked out of the game. I added the "stay wider" PI to that central midfielder and now my left back as a short forward option available. I guess roaming from position could help too, but that one is a bit more random to me.
  18. Anybody tried to go for Vitinha (striker) from Braga after the 1st season? He has a €30m buyout clause and looks like a decent hard working striker who might do a decent job for a few years...
  19. Can't complain really either... I only find it hard to offload players. Just went into the 2nd season. De Gea, Jones, Fred and Ronaldo all left after their contracts ran out. Wan-Bissaka is off to Wolves, Maguire is loaned out to Juventus with a mandatory fee at the end. Martial, Shaw and Lindelof are at my U21's, probably until the end of their contracts. Brought in Giorgio Scalvini, Diogo Costa, Rasmus Hojlund, Yaser Asprilla and Joao Pedro. Also playing in a fairly simple 4123.
  20. 1st season, no transfers made Last match day: Burnley, you absolute legends!
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