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You remind me of an angry version of myself years ago. I do agree with you that the game engine does do things a bit weird at times. I noticed that in those situations if you back down to stay safe and be deep in defence your more than likely to invite them to score. Given that you know they are coming for you, I set up my tactics in those situations to counter them hard in full Max settings. I watch the game and see if they push in my half. Are they constantly crossing the ball or going into central narrow attacks. Given you were leading by 5 goals gave you ample time to change tactics. It sounds like you didn't do it often enough and gave your opposition abundance time to make changes to exploit you. Remember fm24 AI is making more tactical changes more often from what I see pushing your managerial skills. That's what the game is trying to do to you to become more potent in those situations. Otherwise they could have pushed it to the realism side where you wouldn't be tested hard therefore not testing you potentiality. Trust me, I was a fire bomb to the devs and accused the game big time when in fact the game was pushing me to become a better manager. I got banned and after some time of thought and relaxation was let back in the community. I am more wiser and enjoy the challenge. It does learn you and will hit your weakness spots so you can work on them. Enjoy

Greetings, Can we please have a more fluid training UI setup. At the moment I need to select 66 squares and fill them in for this month training schedule. I find this section to bog me down at times especially when i want to quick play. I'm sure there are several ways to cut the load or micromanagement tasks by pushing it onto your staff. 1. You can reduce the amount of blocks individually by amalgamating them with other blocks, reduces the amount of blocks you need to fill up. 2. After hiring some coaches i'm sure they are good enough to handle this themselves with little input from the users (ME). It's the one area of FM i would like to see chopped down in a more streamlined manner and for the ME not taking too much time choosing a schedule. For all others please add your ideas to the post and hopefully we can see a more less time consuming activity in the training schedule screen when it comes to setting it up. regards FMFan

Hi all, For some reason i am seeing a ton more of last minute comback winners by the opposition. Being Chelsea and playing Totteham this happened to me several times replaying the match and trying to study why is the opposition so perfect at doing them towards me. I replayed the same game several times and i couldn't believe to see how consistent Tottenham was in last minute winners regardless of me changing my tractics to defensive and not playing selfish. I never had so many of this nature happen to me in FM23 and in which when it did happen i was able to tweak my tactics to defend it well enough most of the times. In this version it feels like pinball and you can bet your bottom dollar they will score. I ask kindly what is the community doing in handling this difficult periods of the game tactic wise. many thanks.

In the 14th week Eddie Howe got the boot, now Newcastle don't have the same marketing power like Liverpool, Man Utd or Man City. Yes they do have the richest owners to take them to paradise but that only comes when your marketing power expands and your then able to purchase more expensive players and have a strong depth to compete against the best. It's like saying to Steve Coopers Forest team if you don't beat Man City and win the league you are fired regardless of our budget size or capacity compared to the top clubs. This is the imbalance I am seeing. Yet with Newcastle who were just a few points shy of being in the top 4 they already in my case made a stupid decision to fire Eddie. To me it just doesn't feel right. It's like the behavior of the top clubs hierarchy are also the same for the lower teams below them.

Yes it's the first season and to my surprise now that i played the 14th game Arsenal fired Arteta who again is only 1 game out of the top 4. I seriously believe this is beyond realism and needs to be toned down. Arsenal is sitting at 9th despite being just 1 game out of the top 4 really is harsh.

Greetings, Whilst managing my team Chelsea and only played 13 games the axe had swung with a clear shine on it on Eddie Howe being Newcastle manager. Yes and thats only just after 13 games into the season and just being 2 games away from top 4. Now is this realistic that early in the season ? what could have caused this. Here are some stats of his during the 13 games. Played-13, Won-5, Draw-4 Loss-4. Now is this too harsh ?.

What frustrated me the most was that it was happening consistently across previous versions as well. I thought seriously it can't be my computer because i have also bought a tanked up rig and that FM was the only game it was happening to. Small settings can make a huge difference in enjoyment. enjoy.

I was going to hold back from saying anything but given i'm not the only one and not alone. I have noticed a bucket load of goals from deflections, I don't mind seeing deflections as in real life but it's the amount over several games. Not sure if it needs to be toned down. Guess will have to run more and more seasons to see what devs think about it. cheers.

When i first started playing the game i thought it was all rigged when it came to the last minutes of the game. Apparently it's your tactical setup in the last few minutes. When your leading towards the end of the game you will notice a massive spike in the charts that clearly shows the oppositions performance. This was the very first thing that grabbed my attention and how high they peak at the last few minutes when they are loosing. After that I tried many different tactical options for my next game. There are so many ways to counter this but you have to ask yourself what formation and width is the opposition using and can you punish them in return for their continuous bombardment of offence in the last few minutes. You can try the following as a starter. But be warned you also need good player stats if your going up against popular teams otherwise don't counter and just contain the ball and burn the clock down is my advice. 1. Mentality - Very defensive/Defensive or balanced. 2. Attacking Width - Is the opposition playing very wide or very narrow and are they crossing the ball often. 3. Player instructions to press hard or not to or tackle harder. 4. Tempo - I usually go to very "Lower" setting. Passing very shorter and width very narrow so the ball is played to my players feet cleanly. 5. Wasting time - I max this out 6. Be more disciplined and dribble less. 7. Counter or Hold Shape ? I use hold shape to keep possession of the ball. 8. Slow pace Down and Roll it out of defense. 9. Substitutes - i run a few of these in the dying minutes to break momentum Obviously this all varies depending on the situation. You better bet your bottom dollar that the AI will be "Very Attacking" with a high press to win the ball of you to get the late goals. When you get the hang of this at times what i do is punish them for leaving open space at the back with counters but obviously you need a good team and players for that otherwise if your a lowbie team going up Man City your probably better off containing the ball rather than counter attacking because your player stats are weaker than theres meaning your going to have more mistakes than them. It all depends of the tactical shape of your team especially when they don't have the ball or when it's quickly transitioned over to the opposition testing your tactical stretch in quick response to defensive positioning. Good Luck.

Mate your on the money on that. I just went into nvidia control panel and changed the frame rate to 144 instead of auto and so far so good. Thanks for the reply. I will update post if i encounter any updates to it. cheers and thanks.

Hi Peeps, For some reason i'm having screen flickering issues in FM24. I had the same problem in FM23 and it's the only game i'm having this issue on my PC. I have an NVIDIA RTX 3070 graphics card with new drivers. Has anyone been able to get around this problem ? Monitor settings are 2560 x 1440. thanks FMfan

Great news, thank you all for the support. Enjoy

Hi All, Just playing FM24 Beta version and in 1 day the full release will be out. I would like to know is it fine to use the beta save file when full release is launched. My intentions are to backup the beta save file and uninstall the beta game then install the full live version tomorrow and continue. Or would there be data issues if i continue with the beta save file when the game goes live tomorrow ?. Many thanks Quick Tip: Borja Mayoral from Getafe is an awesome striker i picked him up for 9 mil. So far 10 goals in 7 games for Chelsea. -)

Hi Fans, What can i say, i keep hearing people saying they don't like using the Data Hub at all. I really couldn't believe what i was hearing from some players. Others have told me they will wait for better versions of FM because Data Hub didn't grab their desires. To my amazement the Data Hub has been the best weapon i use as a central location to spy on my next opponent. To know how good they are formation wise and where players shine on the pitch "red alert bells". This forces me to tweak my tactics and player instructions to a shine. I never thought much of it when i first got that edition of it, but now it has grown on me like i'm a military general who won't look at anything else but the Data Hub. My likes on features below and well done to the SI team, an addition that should be praised in for every game. Next Opponent Able to see what tactics i will need to employ for short/long play and how to stop offensive movement. Analyst Report What can i say, apart from knowing what to do formation wise against the opponent the analyst report gives me a more in depth view on the sections of the pitch players are performing high at. Gives you a nice visula representation of what is going on and what player instructions to setup to bring the opposition ego down. Stat Pack My favorite, Red alert bells for the high performing opposition players who are a threat. Well done SI, an addition that is not often credited where it should immensely. Without it just imagine what you would have to go through and how many screens you would need to flicker. enjoy.

Many thanks for the reply. I found what the problem was. As you said you were on the money, the issue from my side was that i was not able to see the visual pane that allows you to see who is registered with "X" or "0" option. I was using the visual option that had the positions. So all good and well now. So it was the visual side of things. regards fmFan

Hi All, I have an issue where i don't have enough young players trained at my club and the game will not progress. I am stuck with the following below. "Minimum of 4 players trained by A.Madrid for 3 years between 15th and 21st Birthdays." I only have 1 player trained and registered. How do i overcome this issue to continue my game. I also used the auto select feature to make sure i wasn't making mistakes but it seems i am lacking the required numbers. many thanks.

Cool thank you, it was lurking in the back of my mind if i should only praise them above a certain level. I will give it a shot and see how it works out. Much appreciated.

Hi All, I am having issues with FM23 praising players for the good training development. When I enter player profile and i see his stats showing positive arrows and that my training coaches are telling me the player has performed well in training, i then praise the player. To my surprise where the player was showing "Positive" status before i praised them I then get a player who drops from "Positive" status to "Neutral" and at times offended. I basically made sure that the players rating was in the green and making sure my coaches were also saying they have trained well. It feels like I am being mislead into a situation that spirals the mood of players from a positive status to negative for performing well in training. I am really baffled at this and feels like I am stepping on peoples nerves and makes me feel to just not say anything at all in this version. Feels way more sensitive compared to previous version. Am i doing something wrong? Please help me. regards FMFAN

more of a cosmetic and a visual radar alert indicator to have a small icon above hot performing players during game for both teams in the 3D match engine. Why the request ? those icons above the players during the match shows you how much ground they are covering and how the hot seeking player is performing visually rather than seeing the stat numbers on snippets. Make it as a feature to enable disable. Your eyes are basically a radar and when hot performing players on the pitch are flashing with the icon you can visually see them or pick point out their ground patterns. Basically what a real manager sees in real life. So for e.g. you might see several of your opponents players with no hot icons above their head but as the game progresses on, you start seeing some players spawning hot icons above their head so it kinda alerts you these players are HOT and you better do something if you can. I"m kind of thinking of what we currently see on our stats page being displayed by the second in a different visual style or give the manager different options of monitoring players. regards FM Fan

Hi All, Current stadiums are sweet to say the least. Is it possible to also create roundish stadiums with tracks going around it, link below. soccer stadiums with tracks around - Search (bing.com)

Hi all, Just had a thought about the schedule tab in fm. As we all know it shows you all the games you are going to play in the "schedule" tab view. My issue is the bit where we have to scroll up and down especially if you have a long list of games to play or have played. Request: Can we please get an all in one view of all the games without the need of scrolling up and down. Not only am i asking for an all in one view, Can show icon's of teams with 3 letter words maybe to pack it all in the one view. For e.g. as you do with the training calendar. Have different views to allow more info. So you might want to see only a monthly view that will allow more game info in the one window view. So for e.g. have monthly, 3 months, 6 months or whatever and give the user the ability to customize their views as it's pretty limited at the moment. Enjoy. FM Fan

an outdated match engine ?. I know with stadium graphics they can do better but they also have their hands tied due to licensing. Not sure if you have used the data hub. Bloody great addition to the game. Kind of a tool that details just about the most important stats of your team from a whole perspective. That to me is an awesome addition as it visually shows me strengths and weakneses of my team compared to the league avg and what not. Theres much to discuss about it, it's a very powerful tool that visually shows you in graphs strengths weaknesses. At the start i didn't highly think much of it but as i delved deeper i'm using it for every game. I wish this was available back in the day. Yeah i was a bit like that should i wait a few years when more additional stuff come out but as i said i love the game and support the franchise.

compared to previous versions of the game. I recall when backroom staff were not so interactive as it is in the later versions of the game. There might not be a huge difference between 21 to 22. But being a fan of the game i keep bying every year. The game is not perfect like every other game out there today. Given the improvements and the neatness of the player interacting the game more so than every before is just joy to me. Chit Chats be it player press or whatever back in previous releases for me use to be a long nightmare. They have reduced all that to minimal and i now enjoy quicker chit chats with players and staff as a whole. Where in previous version it clogged my leisure time. Not only have the reduced the chit chat it as you know also has an effect. I will admit years ago you would see me on forums crying like a kid like you have never seen before. You wouldn't find anyone worse than me unless you were unlucky. It's taken me a miracle with the help of the community to improve my AI towards the game. I never use to be a fan of very detailed things. With FM i've gone beyond that and it's surely made me a better manager by far. It does improve you. My patience is no matter what small new addition they add to the game I will always buy it. Why might you ask ? is because i want to build my knowledge from the ground up by the introduction of new additions to the game. let's not forget the world is moving and new additions in life come our away in the football arena. So for me I found 1. chit chats more pleasing, 2. Press conferences more pleasing 3. Play chit chats more pleasing, they now don't take as much time as they use to and they all affect whatever you say. Love it. 3D match engine improved and enjoying it very much. Improvement in some filters from what players are saying but please check youtube for it. For me it's money well spent. Does it pay to stay on 21 and wait for 23 ? you can say yes to that as well.

Can ask what made you uninstall the game quick ?. Is there something specific that you didn't like. I found it good and i am enjoying training as a team and individual more. Also i am enjoying the contracting side more which was a pain in the previous versions. This time round i can get top players for way less. Also am enjoying the handling of duties by other staff it's sweet. Don't forget they had to battle through covid as a business. Things can only improve.

Started first season with United. 3 players that i bought were Hazard, Sanchez & Nunez. ending up winning the season with 101 points and Ronaldo scoring 47 goals in 35 games. Now second season in and time to say good bye to the oldies.